Editor-in-Chief, Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal; Director of the Department of Neonatology and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel; Ruth & Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel; Associate Editor, Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal; Director of Medical and Research Development, Rambam Health Care Campus,...

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Mayo Medical School, and Consultant, Division of Executive and International Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA; and Editor-in-Chief, Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal and Director of the Department of Neonatology and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel, and the Ruth & Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Israe...

Features of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Network Neurobehavioral Scale that make the examination useful for clinical application are described. Clinical applications in various settings and populations are described. This is followed by a summary of the clinical significance of the examination according to the packages of administration. We then explain how to use the summary scores clinica...

OBJECTIVE Maternal near-miss defines a narrow category of morbidity encompassing potentially life-threatening episodes. The purpose of this study was to detect near-miss instances among women admitted to intensive care units or coronary units, analyze associated causes, and compute absolute and specific maternal morbidity rates in six Italian regions. DESIGN Observational retrospective study....

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...

British Journal ofGeneral Practice, June 2012 331 At some point during your GP training you may find yourself slotted into a cardiology firm. It may seem daunting when you first arrive on the coronary care unit (CCU), but remember many have gone through this beforeandmost have survived to tell the tale. Keeping thingssimple is thekey tomaking themost of this attachment. If you approach your car...

Two coronary prognostic indices for patients treated in a coronary care unit, namely the Norris Index and the Chapman-Gray Index were compared. Both were found to be reliable but the Chapman-Gray Index with its ready reckoner was more convenient and was subject to fewer subjective data.

Background: Sleep deprivation has numerous negative consequences on the human body and mind. It exacerbates anxiety, irritability, and nervousness and worsens the cardiovascular function. This study aimed at evaluating the quality of sleep in patients admitted to the cardiac intensive care unit. Methods: This was a descriptive study with 93 patients hospitalized in critical care units of three...