Background and aims: Nutrition support and noticing the required goal calories in patients having critical conditions are essential aspects of medical care in preventing malnutrition in these patients. Methods: This research is a clinical trial which was done on 60 Patients aging between 18 to 65 years old hospitalized in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Shiraz’s Namazee hospital, South West of Ira...

Introduction: New Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused serious health problems worldwide. The first started in Wuhan, China, and then resulted thousands of deaths throughout the world. Case Presentation: According to data from involved patients, children neonates include a small proportion patients with COVID-19. However, some cases, hospitalization even death still may occur. In this...

background a child's hospitalization in intensive care units causes stress and worry in other family members. this study aimed to determine the effect of family presence during pediatric icu bedside on family general health. materials and methods in this clinical trial study, 46 family members of the pediatrics hospitalized in the icu in teaching hospital affiliated with the lorestan unive...

INTRODUCTION More than 50 scoring systems have been published for classification of trauma patients in the field, emergency room, and intensive care settings, so far. The present study aimed to compare the ability of trauma injury severity score (TRISS) and acute physiology and chronic health evaluation (APACHE) III in predicting mortality of intensive care unit (ICU) admitted trauma patients. ...

introduction: as a key member of the healthcare workforce, nurses play an important role in patient care. n ursing care performance, especially sterilization, is of significant importance in provision of health and prevention of complications such as hospital infections. this study aimed to investigate nurses’ performance concerning sterilization while performing nursing techniques in icu wards...

Sir Hospital-acquired infections in critically ill patients remain one of the most important contributors to morbidity and mortality. Hospital-acquired A. baumannii has emerged as a serious threat to ICU patient population. The main purpose of our study was to determine the incidence of ICU acquired imipenem-resistant A. baumannii and its impact on ICU mortality. This prospective study was carr...

Sir Methicillin resistant acquired S. aureus (MRSA) infection is an important infection in the hospitals worldwide. Nasal colonization with S. aureus especially among healthcare personnel plays as a significant role in the increasing prevalence of resistant community acquired S. aureus infections (1, 2). Colonized patients and also health personnel are the important sources of S. aureus and MRS...

UNLABELLED Background : Cefepime was used as empirical treatment in ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) induced by gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria. This study aimed to determine the antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of cefepime against microorganism causing VAP in Mazandaran, North of Iran. METHODS This study was performed on VAP patients diagnosed with clinical pulmonary infect...