Background: Hospital bed capacity is one of problems in intensive care unit during at the time of crisis, emergencies and disasters. At this regard, it seems reverse triage can resolve this issue by using predictive score systems. This study was purposed to develop a reverse triage system in intensive care unit using APACHE II scoring system for crisis, emergencies and disasters situations. Me...

how to cite this article: rafiey h, soleimani f, torkzahrani sh, salavati m, nasiri m. scale development and psychometrics for parents’ satisfaction with developmental care in neonatal intensive care unit. iran j child neurol. autumn 2016; 10(4):16-24. abstract objective developmental care comprises a wide range of medical and nursing interventions used in the neonatal intensive care unit (nicu...

magnesium (mg) deficiency has not usually been considered in clinical practice due to lack of relevant blood tests and because the symptoms are often vague and nonspecific. serum concentrations may not adequately reflect mg status. mg loading test (mlt) can provide infonnation on total body mg stores. we prospectively studied 21 critically ill patients (10 male, 11 female) admitted to the icu, ...

background: care of brain dead donors is complex, critical, and sensitive and has a direct and positive impact on the end result of organ and tissue transplantation process. this study describes the nurses’ experiences of care of brain dead donors in intensive care units (icu). materials and methods: this research was performed by phenomenological method that is a qualitative approach. purposiv...

the purpose of this study was to determine the effect of a guided family visiting, as an auditory and tactile stimulation, on the consciousness level of comatose head injury patients. a randomized controlled trial design was used. sixty-four comatose head injury patients were randomly allocated into a control group or an intervention group. patients in the intervention group were received audit...

background: ventilator-associated pneumonia (vap) is the most common nosocomial (hospital acquired) infection among patients undergoing mechanical ventilation. it increases mortality rate, duration of mechanical intubated ventilation, and hospitalization in the intensive care units (icus). this review study aims to determine the proper gradient of a hospital bed in preventing vap in patients ho...

enterobacter asburiae ( e. asburiae) is a facultative anaerobic, non-spore-forming gram-negative rod-shaped bacterium belonging to the family of enterobacteriaceae . it is an opportunistic pathogen that its strains are isolated from a variety of clinical and environmental specimens. since powdered infant formula milk (pif) is not a sterile product, it is an excellent medium for bacterial growth...

background and aim: respiratory distress syndrome (rds) is a lung disorder, which can damage the auditory brainstem pathways because of hypoxia. the aim of this study was to evaluate brainstem auditory electrophysiology changes of neonates with rds. methods: fifteen term neonates who suffered from rds, 15 term neonates admitted in the nicu for any reason except rds, and 15 normal term neonates ...

objectives: to compare the results of early versus late tracheostomy in trauma patients admitted to intensive care unit (icu). methods: this was case control study being performed at a major trauma centre in shiraz, iran including 120 trauma patients admitted to icu during a 2-year period and underwent tracheostomy during their icu stay. the patients were categorized into two groups of the earl...