Critically Ill COVID-19

Investigation of the smoking prevalence among critically ill patients with COVID-19

In this paper, we investigate the prevalence rate of smoking in COVID-19 patients and examine whether there is a difference in the distribution of smokers between the two statistical populations of critically ill COVID-19 patients and the entire Iranian population or not. To do this, we first prepared a sample of 300 COVID-19 patients admitted to hospitals in Tehran and Rasht. Then, through the...

Nutritional Assessment in Critically Ill Patients

Background: Malnutrition is an important factor in the survival of critically ill patients. The purpose of the present study was to assess the nutritional status of patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) on the days of admission and discharge via a detailed nutritional assessment. Methods: Totally, 125 patients were followed up from admission to discharge at 8ICUs in Shiraz, Iran. The patien...

probiotics in critically ill patients

nutritional assessment in critically ill patients

background: malnutrition is an important factor in the survival of critically ill patients. the purpose of the present study was to assess the nutritional status of patients in the intensive care unit (icu) on the days of admission and discharge via a detailed nutritional assessment.  methods: totally, 125 patients were followed up from admission to discharge at 8icus in shiraz, iran. the patie...

nutritional assessment in critically ill patients

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...