BACKGROUND To improve neurointensive care (NIC) and outcome for traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients it is crucial to define and monitor indexes of the quality of patient care. With this purpose we established the web-based Uppsala TBI register in 2008. In this study we will describe and analyze the data collected during the first three years of this project. METHODS Data from the medical ch...

INTRODUCTION Trauma is the fifth principal cause of death in Singapore, with traumatic brain injury (TBI) being the leading specific subordinate cause. METHODS This study was an eight-year retrospective review of the demographic profiles of patients with severe TBI who were admitted to the neurointensive care unit (NICU) of the National Neuroscience Institute at Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singap...

abstract background: a newborn is highly fragile whose death can be caused by embryonic, intra partum, and postpartum factors. identifying the causes of death is the first step to be taken in order to decrease the death rate. the present study was aimed at finding out how neonatal factors and therapeutic actions affect death of newborn babies. materials and methods: this is a case-control study...

Delayed cerebral ischemia (DCI) following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) remains a relevant issue in the critical care management of patients following aneurysm repair. It is thought to contribute to poor neurologic outcome in up to 30% of patients following SAH [1] and vigilance for delayed neurologic deterioration in the ICU remains high to prevent prolonged periods of unattended i...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The elderly constitute a significant and increasing proportion of the population. The aim of this investigation was to study time trends in clinical management and outcome in elderly patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage. METHODS Two hundred eighty-one patients >/=65 years of age with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage who were accepted for treatment at the Uppsala Univ...

OBJECTIVE The present study was performed to test the ability of fosfomycin to penetrate into the CSF of neurointensive care patients with ventriculostomy-associated ventriculitis. PATIENTS AND METHODS Six patients requiring neurointensive care monitoring, including extraventricular drainage due to secondary obstructive hydrocephalus, were enrolled into the study. All patients received 8 g of...

background a broad variety of fungi, especially candida species, are becoming increasingly common causes of urinary tract infections in hospital settings. objectives the current cross-sectional descriptive study aimed to determine the causative agents, risk factors and incidence rate of candiduria in critically ill patients, hospitalized in intensive care units (icus) of four iranian hospitals....

objective to investigate association between nosocomial infection, blood products transfusion and microorganisms responsible in patients who hospitalized at icu (intensive care unit). patients and methods in this prospective study, 217 patients who were admitted to the icu of taleghani hospital between august 2010 and august 2011 were included. nosocomial infections were defined using the conta...