INTRODUCTION Intensive care unit (ICU) patients and family members repeatedly note accurate and timely communication from health care providers to be crucial to high-quality ICU care. Practice guidelines recommend improving communication. However, few data, particularly in surgical ICUs, exist on health care provider opinions regarding whether communication is effective. METHODS To evaluate I...

conclusions based on the findings, the mortality rate was 22.9% among poisoned patients with an elevated serum lactate level. we can conclude that mortality is associated with toxicants, but not the occurrence of vap; in fact, vap scenarios do not elevate serum lactate level. background lactate level is known to increase among the majority of patients with toxicity. this study aimed to determin...

aim and background: the estimation systems of mortality based on severity of disease are increasingly popularin the last 20 years, especially in the field of medical care. the purpose of this study is to evaluate the prognosis ofhospitalized icu patients according to apache 2 scoring system in educational hospitals in ilam city during 2013.methods and materials: in order to perform this prospec...

Fleur Lowe, RGN, DipHE, BSc, Senior Nurse, Patient At-Risk Team, Salisbury District Hospital, UK (✉) Paul Fulbrook, MSc, BSc(Hons), PGDE, RGN, DPSN, Clinical Reader in Critical Care, Bournemouth University, and Directorate of Nursing, Salisbury District Hospital, UK Helen Aldridge, RGN, DipHE, Senior Staff Nurse, ICU, Radnor ICU/HDU, Salisbury District Hospital, UK Sharon Fox, RGN, DipHE, Senio...

INTRODUCTION ICU-acquired weakness is thought to mediate physical impairments in survivors of critical illness, but few studies have investigated this thoroughly. The purpose was to investigate differences in post-ICU mortality and physical functioning between patients with and without ICU-acquired weakness at 6 months after ICU discharge. METHOD ICU patients, mechanically ventilated ≥ 2 days...

background :  pathogenic bacteria because of beta-lactam antibiotic resistance genes are dangerous to society. this resistance due to esbl genes, plasmids and transposons that by receiving or mutation occurs. the most important factor beta-lactam antibiotic resistance is beta lactamase enzymes. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the frequency of hospital opportunistic pathogenic bacteria...