BACKGROUND The related literatures revealed that there is a lack of effective patient/family education in the health care centers. Several studies indicate that patients, while getting discharged from hospitals, receive insufficient information about their illness and self-care. AIMS The purpose of the study was to explore the factors influencing patient education from the perspectives of nur...

A DOCUMENT was published in the May 1971 issue of CIRCULATION (43: A-171) by the Inter-Society Commission for Heart Disease Resources reappraising the optimal care of patients with acute myocardial infarction. The Commission proposed a stratified system of coronary care, which consists of three levels or categories of medical facilities: (1) life support units or stations, (2) coronary care uni...

OBJECTIVE To quantify the change in door to needle time when delivery of thrombolytic treatment of acute myocardial infarction was changed from the coronary care unit to the emergency department. DESIGN A comparative observational study using prospectively collected data. SETTING Coronary care unit and emergency department of an Australian teaching hospital. PARTICIPANTS 89 patients recei...

the coronary slow flow phenomenon (csfp) is characterized by a delayed coronary blood flow in the absence of an obstructive coronary artery disease. although the relation between the csfp and myocardial ischemia has been reported previously, there is no knowledge about the relationship between the csfp and the conduction system disorder. in this case report, we describe a patient with the csfp ...

introduction: increasing costs of health and treatment services has led health economics specialists and even physicians in all countries to seek new methods for controlling and reducing costs in medical and health services. the present study was aimed to estimate the costs of a cardiac care unit (ccu) in a governmental hospital in iran. methods: in order to determine the end cost, a stepwise p...

Background: Sleep deprivation is a common problem among the elderly in cardiac care unit (CCU). Objectives: The present study aimed to determine effects of environmental modifications on sleep quality improvement these people. Methods: population included 60 patients whose was assessed by Pittsburgh Quality Index with even domains. factors that can disturb were determined via questionnaire, inc...

BACKGROUND Cytoreductive surgery (CRS) and Heated Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC) results in a number of physiological changes with effects on the cardiovascular system, oxygen consumption and coagulation. The Critical Care interventions required by this cohort of patients have not yet been quantified. METHODS This retrospective audit examines the experience of a Specialist Tertiary Cent...

the registry of myocardial infarctions (mi registry) is a national registry in iran that collects and reports the data on myocardial infarctions. its main advantage is that it covers the whole country and is mandatory for hospitals to register the mi cases in it. then, the qualified individuals at the provincial and national levels can get intended reports and make appropriate decisions. such r...