نتایج جستجو برای: intensive care units

تعداد نتایج: 828836  

Background: Currently, the number of premature deliveries has been increasing, resulting in early postnatal discharge due to shortage of beds in the neonatal intensive care units (NICU). Methods: This descriptive-analytical study was conducted through investigating the premature infants’ files for gestational age (GA), birth weight (BW) and duration of the first hospitalization. Furthermore, th...

Atabakhsh , Azam, Kazemnezhad Leili, Ehsan, Moghadamniya , Mohammadtaghi, Mousavi , Saghi, Rouhi Balasi, Leila,

Introduction: Performing continuous and clinical monitoring of patients with emphasis on proper and adequate facilities and equipments is the basis of the work of professional nurses as care providers in intensive care units. This requires attention and understanding the issues related to needed equipment and facilities in intensive care. Objective: This study evaluates the performance obstacle...

Introduction: Medication errors are one of the most common types of medical errors. In Intensive Care Units, because of its special circumstances, the risk of such errors is increasing. There are several causes for the medication errors of nurses, including environmental factors. Objective: The current study aimed at determining environmental factors contributing to medication errors based on ...

A Karami A.R Mobin M Jozpanahi S Ahadi

Background & Aims: Some Candida species especially Candida albicans are known as flora of human and animals body and coexist in skin, throat and gastrointestinal and urinary tracts. They can primarily be colonized in hospitalized patients and cause diseases. Resent studies have reported increasing rate of candidauria in intensive care unit (ICU) patients. The aim of this study was to determine ...

Afshin, Tahereh , Barzegar, Maryam , Jafari, Kaveh , Jafari, Saeed ,

Background and Purpose: Organizational commitment has been on a downward trend among medical staff in different sections of the health care system. This study aimed to investigate the level of organizational commitment among the nurses engaged in the intensive care units (ICUs) of Mazandaran Heart Center in Sari, Iran. Methods: This descriptive-analytical study was conducted at the education...

جمشیدی, محمدرضا, فلک افلاکی, بهناز, قدرتی, صمد, قطره سامانی, فرناز, گلی فرهود, گودرز,

Background and Objective: Ventilator-associated pneumonia is a common infection in intensive care units leading to increased morbidity and mortality. This study was conducted to examine the effects of mechanical (tooth brushing), pharmacological (topical oral chlorhexidine), and their combination (tooth brushing plus chlorhexidine) in oral care on preventing the ventilator-associated pneumonia ...

Journal: :Indian pediatrics 2014
Kannan Venkatnarayan M Jeeva Sankar Ashok Deorari Anand Krishnan Vinod K Paul

OBJECTIVE To calculate and compare costs of neonatal intensive care by micro-costing and gross-costing methods. METHODS The costs of resources of a tertiary care neonatal intensive care unit were estimated by the two methods to arrive at specific costs per diagnosis related categories for 33 neonates followed-up prospectively. RESULTS Gross-costing as compared to micro-costing resulted in h...

Journal: :Archives of disease in childhood 1988
P O Pharoah R C Stevenson R W Cooke B Sandu

A cohort of very low birthweight infants (less than 1500 g) born in 1979-81 from a geographically defined area was followed up, and a costing of the initial admission to the neonatal intensive care unit was made. A four point scale for the severity of disability was used and estimation of the costs of education and full time residential care was made and discounted at 5% over the appropriate pe...

Journal: :Singapore medical journal 2009
R J Raja Lope N Y Boo J Rohana F C Cheah

INTRODUCTION This study aimed to determine the rates of non-adherence to standard steps of medication administration and medication administration errors committed by registered nurses in a neonatal intensive care unit before and after intervention. METHODS A baseline assessment of compliance with ten standard medication administration steps by neonatal intensive care unit nurses was carried ...

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