emergencies that can develop into rapidly evolving life-threatening situations requiring efficient and rapid interventions. In its original concept, the CCU was designed for arrhythmia monitoring and treatment of patients with acute coronary syndromes. In present scenario, the CCU has evolved into a critical care environment that delivers care both to patients with acute single-system cardiovas...

Abstract Funding Acknowledgements Type of funding sources: None. Objectives Mechanical ventilation is the short-term technical support most widely used and cardiac arrest its main indication in a Coronary Care Unit (CCU). However, knowledge about specific moment ventilator mode onset to avoid acute lung injury still equivocal. Our objective determine survival rate prognostic factors patients su...

a survey was made to determine the knowledge of nurses working in coronary care units regarding assessing paint and rendering nursing care to clients with acute myocardial infarction in hospitals affiliated with the ministry of health services and medical education (tehran, 1995).   a total of 120 nurses working in coronary care units were selected randomly to participate in this study. the too...

the duration of icu (intensive care unit) stay in cardiac surgery patients has an important role in the rate of complications and costs. the aim of this study was to determine the role of perioperative risk factors in clinical outcome based on the time of icu discharge. in this descriptive study, 219 patients undergoing off-pump coronary artery bypass (opcab) surgery in afshar hospital in yazd,...

background changes in vital signs may affect the myocardial oxygen demand. massage therapy has been used in intensive care units to relive patients’ physical and psychological problems. in all of the studies massaging has been done by a nurse and the patients’ family did not have any role. objectives the present study aimed to examine the effects of massage therapy by patient’s relative on vita...

INTRODUCTION The prevalence of use of any advance directives was 26% in 112 patients hospitalized in a cardiac care unit (CCU)/intensive care unit (ICU) in an academic medical center. MATERIAL AND METHODS We investigated in 2 community hospitals the prevalence of use of advance directives (AD), health care proxy (HCP), legal guardian (LG), and living will (LW) in 512 patients hospitalized in ...

Background and Objectives. Severe sleep disturbance is a common problem among patients in cardiac care units (CCUs). There are questionnaires to measure sleep disturbances. Therefore, the present study seeks to design a valid and reliable questionnaire to assess sleep disturbance in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) hospitalized in CCUs. Materials and Methods. In the present methodolo...

Method We analyzed 20 consecutive patients (14 male; age 64 ± 12 years) with first acute inferior MI due to proximal right coronary lesion. All patients were assessed with cardiac MRI after primary percutaneous coronary intervention and followed up for a median (25, 75 percentiles) of 6 (5, 6) months. We assessed the association of RV function with length of cardiac care unit (CCU) treatment as...

Towards the beginning of the last century, the main role of the cardiologist was in the art of diagnosis and treatment of valvular and congenital heart disease and heart failure. This was transformed around 50 years ago with the discovery of the potential benefits of closed cardiac massage and defibrillation in the management of acute myocardial infarction (MI). Indeed, the consequent developme...

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES There is little information about the management and prognosis of patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) who are not admitted to coronary care units (CCU) because of the lack of available beds. The aim of this study was to evaluate the characteristics and prognosis of the patients who were admitted to the intermediate care unit (INTCU) of a cardiology depart...