ONCE DAILY GENTAMICIN DOSING IN THE NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT.† 1343

Once-daily dosing of gentamicin.

Gentamicin remains one of the most effective and commonly used antimicrobials in the armamentarium of clinicians treating pelvic infections. It continues to reliably cover the aerobic gram-negative rods seen within polymicrobial infections. Available in its generic form, it becomes the low-cost drug of choice in these settings. So why mess with success? As Wiesenfield et al point out in this is...

Once-daily-dosing intramuscular gentamicin in neonates.

Determination of Noise Level and Its Sources in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and Neonatal Ward

Background: In Neonatal intensive care units (NICU) different sound intensities and frequencies are produced from different sources, which may exert undesirable physiological effects on the infants. The aim of this study was to determine the noise level and its sources in the NICU and neonatal ward of Al-Zahra Hospital of Rasht, Iran. Methods: In this descriptive cross-sectional study, the inte...

Causes of Neonatal Mortality in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of Taleghani Hospital

Background: Neonatal survival is one of the most important challenges today. Over 99% of neonatal mortalities occur in the developing countries, and epidemiologic studies emphasize on this issue in the developed countries, as well. In this study, we attempted to investigate the causes of neonatal mortality in Taleghani Hospital, Tabriz, Iran.Methods: In this cross-sectional study, we studied ca...

Nurses' Experiences of Palliative Care in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Background & purpose: Despite recent advances in infant care technology, a number of infants are at risk in infancy period and need to palliative care. Nurses are responsible for the palliative care of the infants and the families. Therefore, the present study was conducted to explain the Nurses' Experiences of Palliative Care in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Materials and Methods: This st...