Ethics of Critically Ill Patients: An Islamic Viewpoint

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...

Clinical research ethics for critically ill patients: a pandemic proposal.

Pandemic H1N1 influenza is projected to be unprecedented in its scope, causing acute critical illness among thousands of young otherwise healthy adults, who will need advanced life support. Rigorous, relevant, timely, and ethical clinical and health services research is crucial to improve their care and outcomes. Studies designed and conducted during a pandemic should be held to the same high m...

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...