Mortality rates of very small babies (those weighing 1500 g or less) born to mothers normally resident in the 11 health districts of the London portion of the North-east Thames Health Region in 1971-73 and 1975-77 were compared with admission rates to neonatal intensive care units in 1972 and 1976 in the region. There was no significant correlation between mortality and admission rates for babi...

BACKGROUND Non-invasive ventilation is first-line treatment for patients with acutely decompensated chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but endotracheal intubation, involving admission to an intensive care unit, may sometimes be required. Decisions to admit to an intensive care unit are commonly based on predicted survival and quality of life, but the information base for these decisi...

OBJECTIVE To describe the indications, diagnostic performance and safety of fiberoptic bronchoscopy (FOB) performed in a respiratory intensive care unit (RICU). DESIGN A prospective, observational study was carried out. SETTING A 6-bed RICU in a tertiary university hospital. PATIENTS Patients admitted to RICU who required FOB. INTERVENTIONS None. MAIN MEASUREMENTS FOB indications and ...

Transfer of patients from the cardiac intensive care unit to the general ward, is one of the main reasons for anxiety. Given that the transfer anxiety may be due to receive at least, inconsistent or do not receive enough information before the patients leaving the intensive care unit, Therefore, this study aimed to determine the effect of information provision on anxiety levels in patients tran...

OBJECTIVE To report causes, clinical feature and outcome of children with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS). METHODS The case records of children admitted with ARDS from June 2003 to June 2006 were retrospectively reviewed and the data collected was analyzed. RESULTS A total of 17 children were diagnosed as ARDS during study period giving an incidence of 22.7/1,000 admissions. The ...

Significant gastrointestinal hemorrhage occurred in 20% (20) of the patients in a respiratory intensive care unit. Risk factors significantly associated with the development of gastrointestinal hemorrhage included (1) the principal respiratory diagnosis of adult respiratory distress syndrome; (2) increasing numbers of days on a ventilator, days in the respiratory intensive care unit, and total ...

Physiotherapy is an integral part of the management of patients in respiratory intensive care units (RICUs). The most important aim in this area is to enhance the overall patient's functional capacity and to restore his/her respiratory and physical independence, thus decreasing the risks of bed rest associated complications. This article is a review of evidence-based effectiveness of weaning pr...

We investigated the utility of a noninvasive respiratory inductive plethysmograph (RIP) to continuously monitor and record the breathing pattern of 44 patients who had been mechanically ventilated. Seven patients deteriorated on intermittent mandatory ventilatory rate of zero; seven deteriorated within 48 h following extubation; 30 were successfully extubated. Respiratory alternans was document...

coccus neoformans infection at a community hospital in Arkansas during April–December 2013, to determine source of infection. Four patients had bloodstream infection and 2 had respiratory infection; 3 infections occurred within a 10-day period. Five patients had been admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) with diagnoses other than cryptococcosis; none Cluster of Cryptococcus neoformans Infec...