background: the infants, hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit (nicu), engage with problems from admission to discharge, exploring of which ensures their safe transition. the purpose of this study was to identify the factors that influence infant’s transition from the nicu to home. materials and methods: a qualitative study was used for identifying the factors that affect infant’s tr...

BACKGROUND Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is commonly used to relieve respiratory distress in infants with bronchiolitis, but has mostly been studied in an intensive care setting. Our prime aim was to evaluate the feasibility of CPAP for infants with bronchiolitis in a general paediatric ward, and secondary to assess capillary PCO2 (cPCO2) levels before and during treatment. METHO...

OBJECTIVE To assess the causes and factors associated with the death of patients between intensive care unit discharge and hospital discharge. METHODS The present is a pilot, retrospective, observational cohort study. The records of all patients admitted to two units of a public/private university hospital from February 1, 2013 to April 30, 2013 were assessed. Demographic and clinical data, r...

conclusions in this study, a low albumin level (≤ 3 mg/dl) was an indicator of nutritional status. patients’ albumin levels, bmi, nutritional status, apache ii score, and sofa score were associated with mortality. age in itself did not predict mortality in the elderly. objectives in this study, the effect of body mass index (bmi) and albumin values at first admission to the icu on the course an...

the empiric antibiotic therapy can result in antibiotic overuse, development of bacterial resistance and increasing costs in critically ill patients. the aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of procalcitonin (pct) guide treatment on antibiotic use and clinical outcomes of patients admitted to intensive care unit (icu) with systemic inflammatory response syndrome (sirs).  a total ...

receiving information related to patients hospitalized in the intensive care unit is among the most important needs of the family members of such patients. when health care professionals should decide whether to be honest or to give hope, giving information becomes an ethical challenge we conducted a research to study the ethical approaches of iranian nurses to giving information to the family ...

background & aim: high levels of anxiety in mothers after the birth of a premature infant and its negative effects and consequences on the infant and the family indicate the necessity of performing an intervention for them. this study was conducted to evaluate the effect of neonatal intensive care unit orientation program on the anxiety of premature infants’ mothers in shahrekord . methods & ma...

conclusion the calculated ni rate in our study (14.7%) is higher than usual rates reported from picu in other societies. meanwhile, long stay in picu and age less than 2 years are the main risk factor for ni and subjects with ni are 5.13 times more likely to die. patients and methods this cross sectional study was carried out on all patients hospitalized for more than 48 hours in pediatric inte...

background: this study aimed to determine the impact of an empowerment program on maternal stress. materials and methods: during may 2009–may 2010, this quasi‑experimental study was performed in the neonatal intensive care unit (nicu) of shahid akbarabadi, rasoul‑e‑akram, and aliasghar hospitals affiliated to tehran university of medical sciences (iran). the program consists of an educational c...

abstract background: preterm infants constitute a large proportion of the newborn population in the neonatal intensive care units (nicus). parents, as the main members of the care team, are not adequately supported as the focus is chiefly on infant care. the present study aimed to evaluate the effect of a family support intervention on the stress levels among the parents of preterm infants in n...