background: there are challenges ahead of short-term hospitalization of low-risk patients hospitalized only for monitoring of severe disease who may die soon after admission. the purpose of this study was to suggest strategies for the management of icu stay lengths and to ensure optimal use of icu resources.   methods: the study was conducted retrospectively on 246 patients admitted to 9 genera...

patients and methods a cross-sectional study was conducted at icus of imam-reza and vali-asr hospitals, birjand, iran. sampling was done through a census in which 53 icu nurses participated. descriptive statistics, kolmogorov-smirnov test, mann-whitney u tests and kendall's correlation coefficient were used to analyze the data. results a total of 53 nurses participated in this study. most of th...

abstract background: endotracheal suctioning (ets) is an essential procedure performed for mechanically ventilated patients. ets can be either performed by open or closed suctioning system (css). there may be some concern on how closed‑system ets is practiced by intensive care nurses. this study was designed to investigate closed‑system ets practices of critical care nurses and to compare their...

Case presentation: This is a newborn patient, male. Vaginal delivery with no complications, preterm birth. The initial physical examination of the (NB) identified hard and painful mass in left flank. patient was transferred to Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) for extended workup monitoring. In first neurological examination, opsoclonus, myoclonus ataxia limbs trunk were identified. During ho...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the bacteria and fungi contaminating toys in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) cots, the colonization rates, and factors that influence them. METHODS A cross-sectional, longitudinal bacteriologic survey of all toys in the cots of infants in an NICU. All the toys in an infant's cot were cultured weekly for 4 weeks. Data were collected on the infant's postnatal age, ...

OBJECTIVE To identify the meanings attributed by mothers to hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDPs) and their consequences, such as premature birth and hospitalization of the infant in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). METHOD A qualitative study, based on the Central Nucleus Theory, with 70 women who had hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and preterm delivery. We used the technique...

Hospitalization in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) is stressful and traumatic for mothers (1), even in the absence of clinical or pathological concerns (2). Several studies involving mothers of infants hospitalized in NICU identifi ed diff erent sources of parental stress, defi ned as the physical and psychological aspects of a situation that impose demands on individuals (1, 3, 4). High ...

Abstract Background Thrombocytopenia is the most common hematological abnormality which is encountered in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The incidence in neonates varies greatly, depending upon the population studies. According to the frequency of thrombocytopenia and its complications and because of lack of such research in Iran, this study was performed on neonates admitted to Sha...

background and purpose: invasive aspergillosis (ia) is one of the most common life-threatening fungal infections among the critically ill patients including intensive care unit (icu) patients. delayed diagnosis and therapy may lead to poor outcomes. diagnosis may be facilitated by a test for molecular biomarkers, i.e. detection of galactomannan (gm) antigen based on enzyme immunoassay, which is...

background monitoring the health status of patients discharged from intensive care units is a crucial method of service evaluation. objectives this study aimed to assess the physical and mental health status of patients immediately after discharge from the icu and 24 hours later. patients and methods this descriptive comparative study was conducted on 104 patients discharged from the icus of a ...