Coronary care units.

The history of coronary care units.

From Coronary Care Units to Cardiac Intensive Care Units: Recommendations for Organizational, Staffing, and Educational Transformation.

Medical care in Canadian cardiac units has changed considerably over the past 3 decades in response to an increasingly complex and diverse patient population admitted with acute cardiac pathology. To maintain the highest level of care for these patients, there is a pressing need to evolve traditional coronary care units into contemporary cardiac intensive care units. In this article we aim to h...

Sruvey the Stressors related to Hospitalization, From MI Patients' Views Hospitalized in Coronary Care Units.

خلاصه تحقیق: این پژوهش یک مطالعه توصیفی بوده که به منظور تعیین عوامل تنیدگی اور ناشی از بستری شدن (جسمی، روحی- روانی و محیطی) از دیدگاه بیماران مبتلا به انفارکتوس قلبی بستری در بخش مراقبتهای ویژه قلبی صورت گرفته است. تعداد نمونه در این پژوهش ۱۲۰ بیمار مبتلا به آنفارکتوس قلبی بستری در بخشهای مراقبت ویژه قلبی می باشند که بصورت نمونه گیری سهمیه ای و در یک مرحله مورد مطالعه قرار گرفته اند. یافته ه...

The Effect of Use of Earplugs on Sleep Quality in Coronary Care Units Patients

Introduction: Sleep deprivation along with subsequent increased blood pressure and heart rate can lead to higher risk among patients admitted to Coronary Care Units (CCUs). Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the effect of use of earplugs on sleep quality and its domains (sleep disturbance, supplementary sleep and the effectiveness of sleep) in CCU patients. Materials and Method...

Optimal use of coronary care units: a review.

Patients at a low probability of acute cardiac pathology constitute a considerable proportion in many coronary care units (CCUs), such that physicians should consider more effective alternatives than CCU admission "to rule out myocardial infarction." In this article, strategies to increase the efficiency of managing patients with acute chest pain are reviewed. Algorithms aiming to improve the d...