Premature Discharge from Intensive Care with Special Reference to Night-Time Discharge and Capacity Transfers

Medication Documentation in Nursing Discharge Summaries at Patient Discharge from Special Care to Primary Care

Background: Medication reconciliation problems are common among patients at hospital discharge and can lead to adverse events. The Electronic Nursing Discharge Summary (ENDS) has the potential of reducing discharge medication errors and ensuring the safe handover of care. Aim: The aim of this study is to describe how ENDS supports medication data exchange, cooperation and work practices as well...

Safer discharge from intensive care to hospital wards.

Comparison of kangaroo mother care with traditional care (Incubator) of premature infants in order to accelerate discharge criteria

Kangaroo mother care (KMC) is effective care method that avoids aggressive routinely methods in neonatal wards. Objective of this study was comparing KMC with conventional care (incubator) of premature Infant in neonatal ward. This study was a randomized controlled clinical trial that has been done in 17 months. 40 premature neonates whose birth weight was less than 1500gr were enrolled in the ...

Preterm gut microbiota and metabolome following discharge from intensive care

The development of the preterm gut microbiome is important for immediate and longer-term health following birth. We aimed to determine if modifications to the preterm gut on the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) impacted the gut microbiota and metabolome long-term. Stool samples were collected from 29 infants ages 1-3 years post discharge (PD) from a single NICU. Additional NICU samples were ...

Mothers' Challenges after Infants' Discharge from Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Qualitative Study

ABSTRACTBackground: Mothers with premature infants face certain challenges such as uncertainty on how to deal with their infant's condition and care for it after discharge from neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).Methods: A qualitative design was used to explain mothers' challenges after their infant's discharge from NICUs in Isfahan, Iran, 2015. Purposive sampling was adopted to interview the ...