background: particular circumstances in the intensive care unit have led the patients to experience significant levels of pain and discomfort. on the other hand, these patients cannot express their discomfort due to several reasons. aim: to develop the causes of discomfort in the intensive care units. methods: in order for assessing the causes of discomfort, the initial questionnaire was extrac...

background: nosocomial pneumonia is a prevalent complication in patients admitted to intensive care units (icu). endotracheal suction is used in cleaning the airways of secretions in patients under mechanical ventilation. performing suction accurately is of great importance to prevent ventilation associated pneumonia. the purpose of this study was to compare the effect of open versus closed tra...

microalbuminuria is thought to reflect the severity of inflammation-induced systemic vascular permeability. the present study investigated the effect of early administration of metformin or insulin on microalbuminuria in traumatized critically ill patients. between april 2006 and october 2007, thirty-one non-diabetics traumatized patients with systemic inflammatory response syndrome (sirs) and ...

abstract background: clinical guidelines are important instruments for increasing the quality of clinical practice in the treatment team. compilation of clinical guidelines is important due to special condition of the neonates and the nurses facing critical conditions in the neonatal intensive care unit (nicu). with 98% of neonatal deaths occurring in nicus in the hospitals, it is important to ...

conclusions kmc before and during heel lancing is a natural, easy to use, and cost-effective method to decrease pain in premature neonates. it is consistent with modern strategy of family-centered care in neonatal units. results the mean score of pain intensity during the intervention was significantly lower in the kmc position (p < 0/000). mean score of pain intensity at two minutes after inte...

b a ckground: malnutrition has been the most prevalent problem in hospitalized patients during recent years, which accentuate the paramount importance of comprehensive nutritional  support  among  these  patients.  this  study  aimed  to provide a review of the recent literature about intensive care unit (icu) inpatients and their nutritional care. m ethods : this review on energy and nutrient ...

b a ckground:  nutritional care is of special importance in the control of the rate of mortality among intensive care unit (icu) patients. therefore, anthropometric and biochemical assessment are important among icu patients. we intend to report the anthropometric and biochemical indices, as well as the energy intake among icu patients in isfahan, iran. m ethods : this descriptive study was car...

background and objective: preterm birth is a public health problem and late preterm birth (deliveries between 34-36 weeks of gestation) accounts for 75% of all preterm births. antenatal betamethasone can reduce the severity of respiratory distress in preterm infants and its effect is accepted in 24-34 weeks of gestation. our goal was to determine the neonatal outcomes of betamethasone prescript...

premature and critically sick infants frequently experience several interventions, including blood transfusions, parentral nutrition, and prescriptions during hospitalization that could affect the result of thyroid function test. this study aims to investigate the correlation between thyroxine level and clinical short term outcome among the newborn infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (n...

background: energy deficit is a common and serious problem in pediatric intensive care units. parenteral nutrition, either alone or in combination with enteral nutrition, can improve nutrient delivery in critically ill patients by preventing or correcting the energy deficit and improving the outcomes. intralipid 10% and 20% are lipid emulsions, widely used in parenteral nutrition. despite sever...