Background. Currently, parental presence at the bedside of critically ill children in pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) is a necessary family-oriented condition. In published sources, there enough evidence that shows special emotional state parents, their complex interactions with medical staff PICU, as well attitude doctors and nurses to department, especially during manipulation on patient...

background and aim: ventilator-associated pneumonia (vap) is the second most common infection within intensive care units (icus). happening in patients requiring mechanical ventilation for more than 48 hours, the disease is associated with high morbidity and mortality. this study aims to compare the effects of matrica and chlorhexidine mouthwashes on the prevention of vap among patients hospita...

the duration of icu (intensive care unit) stay in cardiac surgery patients has an important role in the rate of complications and costs. the aim of this study was to determine the role of perioperative risk factors in clinical outcome based on the time of icu discharge. in this descriptive study, 219 patients undergoing off-pump coronary artery bypass (opcab) surgery in afshar hospital in yazd,...

introduction: in a prospective study, we aimed to assess the value of enhanced rdw to predict sepsis and evaluate factors affecting length of icu stay and in-hospital mortality among sepsis patients. material and method: after exclusion of 27 patients, we included 160 adult patients with suspicious sepsis admitted at university affiliated hospital with 33 icu-beds from 2010 to 2012. nighty pati...

conclusions central nervous system depressant was an important risk factor for vap among poisoned patients. hypoventilation due to cns depression can lead to vap. the apache ii and length of hospital stay were shown as independent predictors of vap and mortality among these patients. results the mean age of the patients was 33.9 ± 14.3 years. the probable vap incidence and mortality were 22% an...