many classes of antibacterial drugs are currently available for physicians to use, however the plan of antibiotic development has slowed during the last decade. the world health organization (who) has identified antimicrobial resistance as one of the 3 most important problems for human health. antimicrobial resistance is a growing problem worldwide, especially in hospitals, where resistant orga...

objective: microbiological infection plays vital role in determining the outcome as well as cost and duration of the hospital stay for patients admitted in icu setup. therefore regular surveillance of important pathogens and its related factors are mandatory. the objective of this study was to find out the organisms causes infection in patients admitted in different trauma-surgery, medical and ...

Recent research on Therapeutic Hypothermia (TH) post cardiac arrest has raised questions about its implementation and benefits. TH to 32-34 degrees C is still included in international guidelines for post-cardiac arrest care. We investigated how Irish ICUs are utilising TH as part of their management of patients post cardiac arrest using a telephone survey of all Irish ICUs. All 25 ICUs in Irel...

BACKGROUND Recanalisation for coronary chronic total occlusion (CTO) is associated with high rates of restenosis and reocclusion. The use of intracoronary ultrasound (ICUS) may improve immediate and long-term outcomes following recanalisation. To our knowledge, no study has examined the use of ICUS-guided balloon angioplasty in CTO. AIM To compare the results of ICUS-guided balloon angioplast...