background: the concept of family- centered care in neonatal intensive care unit has changed drastically in protracted years and has been used in various contexts differently. since we require clarity in our understanding, we aimed to analyze this concept. methods: this study was done on the basis of developmental approach of rodgers’s concept analysis. we reviewed the existing literature in sc...

Methods Four centres in Spain and France enrolled in 3 intervention trials of MRSA control performed universal MRSA screening on admission to intensive care units (ICUs), surgical wards and rehabilitation units from August 2008 to March 2010. Demographic and comorbidity data were collected. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were used to identify risk factors for unknown M...

INTRODUCTION The aim was to prepare guidelines for the management of in-hospital hyperglycaemia in adult patients in intensive care units and regular wards. CONTRIBUTORS: Working group led by two coordinators consists of repre- sentatives of professional societies within the Croatian Medical Association. EVIDENCE These guidelines are derived from the guidelines of international professional s...

BACKGROUND The burden of the hospital experience is a broad issue that has been evaluated in a particular context of intensive care unit (ICU). It is likely, however, that the load is heavy on families even in other hospital wards and not just in the ICU. The present study was designed to assess the prevalence of anxiety and depression in family members of patients admitted in a general medicin...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to verify the noise level at a PICU. METHODS This prospective observational study was performed in a 10 bed PICU at a teaching hospital located in a densely populated district within the city of São Paulo, Brazil. Sound pressure levels (dBA) were measured 24 hours during a 6-day period. Noise recording equipment was placed in the PICU access corridor, n...

OBJECTIVES To assess the effect of continuous electroencephalographic monitoring on the decision to treat seizures in the inpatient setting, particularly in the intensive care unit. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. SETTING Medical and neuroscience intensive care units and neurological wards. PATIENTS Three hundred consecutive nonelective continuous electroencephalographic monitoring stu...

PURPOSE To assess variables of hospitals' organizational climates and nurses' intent to stay in intensive care units and wards. Also, this study aims at studying the relationship between hospital organizational climate and nurse intention to stay. METHODS A descriptive comparative design was used to collect the data from a convenience sample of 349 nurses who were working in 7 hospitals in Jo...

In 1991 an audit of Intensive Care Services was carried out by the Northern Ireland Intensive Care Group. In conjunction with this regional overview, all patients in the Regional Intensive Care Unit, (RICU) in the Royal Victoria Hospital were assessed daily, over a 10 month period in 1990-91 and classified as conforming to either intensive care or high dependency status. These data were then us...

Data from a six-year period were retrospectively retrieved from medical records and an intensive care unit data management system to study the impact of infections on patients with status epilepticus. Out of 161 admitted patients, 33 had a community-acquired infection and 35 acquired an infection during their hospital stay, 10 while in a ward before admission to the intensive care unit and 25 w...

aims: endotracheal suctioning is a vital process to keep the airways open. the method of performing endotracheal suctioning has a great effect on its complications and effectiveness. this study was carried out with the aim of assessing gap between the knowledge and performance of nurses' working in intensive care units (icu) in tracheal suctioning.   methods: in this cross sectional study,...