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...

one of the advanced nursing care procedures emphasized by nursing organizations around the world is patient or nursing advocacy. in addition to illustrating the professional power of nursing, it helps to provide effective nursing care. the aim of the present study was to explain the concept of patient advocacy from the perspective of iranian clinical nurses. this was a qualitative study that ex...

The basic functions of a Coronary Care Unit (CCU) is continuous and intensive monitoring of cardiac function, both invasive and non-invasive. Monitoring techniques serve three main purposes, namely to protect the patient by ensuring that any abnormal variations are immediately evident; to indicate the pattern of the patient's response to treatment so that it can be modified as required; and to ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate and compare stressors identified by patients of a coronary intensive care unit with those perceived by patients of a general postoperative intensive care unit. METHODS This cross-sectional and descriptive study was conducted in the coronary intensive care and general postoperative intensive care units of a private hospital. In total, 60 patients participated in the study...

Coronary care unit is common in hospitals and clinical centers which offer intensive care and therapy for severe coronary artery disease patients. However, if coronary care unit could improve the long term prognosis of acute coronary syndrome patients with renal dysfunction remain unknown. Accordingly, we designed this study to evaluate the differences of incidence of major adverse cardiovascul...

OBJECTIVE To verify the assessment of the patient safety culture according to the function and length of experience of the nursing and medical teams at Neonatal Intensive Care Units. METHOD Quantitative survey undertaken at four Neonatal Intensive Care Units in Florianópolis, Brazil. The sample totaled 141 subjects. The data were collected between February and April 2013 through the applicati...

Neonatal transport is associated with complications, more so in sick and unstable neonates who need immediate emergency surgery. To circumvent these problems, surgery in Neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is proposed for these neonates. This article reviews the literature regarding feasibility of this novel concept and based on the generated evidence, suggest the NICU planners to always includ...