60 infants with neonatal tetanus were treated at random either by 40 000 units of equine tetanus antitoxin (TAT), intravenously and intramuscularly, or by 40 000 units TAT, IV and IM, plus 150 units of human tetanus immune globulin TIG) intrathecally. There were 30 infants in each treatment group. Babies were similar in age, sex, weight, incubation period, temperature, and signs and symptoms on...

a young woman with no history of diabetes tried to commit suicide by injecting 2800 units of subcutaneous nph insulin. she was transferred to loghman hospital within 12 hours. the main clinical symptom was continuous seizure activity which was resistant to all forms of routine drug therapy. the patient was treated with intravenous hypertonic glucose (50%) followed by continuous glucose (10%) in...

background: the present study evaluated treatment outcomes and the treatment indexes among glanzmann’s patients in mofid children’s hospital, tehran, iran. patients and methods: a retrospective cross-sectional study was performed to evaluate the treatment protocols on 15 glanzmann’s patients with bleeding therapeutic records in mofid children’s hospital, tehran, iran, from 2006 to 2011. results...

INTRODUCTION Burn anemia represents a common complication following a burn injury. Burn anemia etiology carries distinct features occurring at each stage of the post-injury and treatment periods resulting from different causes. We aimed to analyze the use of blood components in Finnish burn victims and to identify patient- and injury-related factors influencing their use. METHODS To study the...

BACKGROUND In Italy, the number of accesses to the Emergency Units has been growing for the past 30 years. This, together with a low coordination between hospital and peripheral pediatric services, has brought to an unnecessarily high number of hospital admissions. For this reason, it is essential to plan and implement strategies able to improve the appropriateness of hospital admissions. In th...

introduction: health care organizations, especially hospitals, must focus on patient safety as their main strategy. cultural change is the most important challenge that they are faced with in creating a safe system. the present article aims to improve the patient safety culture with an assessment of the safety in fatemeh zahra hospital, najafabad, iran. methods: this descriptive and cross-secti...

BACKGROUND The efficacy of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in the treatment of HIV infection is influenced by factors such as potency of applied drugs, adherence of the patient, and resistance-associated mutations. Up to now, there is insufficient data on the impact of the therapeutic setting. METHODS Since 2001, the prospective multicenter RESINA study has examined the epidemiol...

OBJECTIVE This prospective study aims to identify and compare the incidence of bacterial contamination of hospital charts and the distribution of species responsible for chart contamination in different units of a tertiary hospital. METHODS All beds in medical, surgical, pediatric, and obstetric-gynecologic general wards (556) and those in corresponding special units (125) including medical, ...

BACKGROUND Evidence supporting selective decontamination of the digestive tract (SDD) is reasonably strong. We set out to determine use in UK critical care units and to compare patient outcomes between units that do and those that do not use SDD. METHODS A total of 250 UK general critical care units were surveyed. Case mix, outcomes, and lengths of stay for admissions to SDD units (with and w...