BACKGROUND To survey the current practice of monitoring and management of severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients in the critical care units across the United Kingdom. METHODS A structured telephone interview was conducted with senior medical or nursing staff of all the adult neurocritical care units. Thirty-one neurocritical care units that managed adult patients with severe TBI were id...

Background: This study aimed to assess Nursing Performance toward Enteral Feeding at Pediatric Critical Care Units. Subjects and methods: A descriptive was conducted pediatric critically care units (Pediatric Intensive Unit (PICU) – Neonatal Intensive (NICU) Emergency department) in the Children's Hospital affiliated Ain-Shams University Hospitals. Sampling: convenient sample composed o...

BACKGROUND Mass numbers of critically ill disaster victims will stress the abilities of health-care systems to maintain usual critical care services for all in need. To enhance the number of patients who can receive life-sustaining interventions, the Task Force on Mass Critical Care (hereafter termed the Task Force) has suggested a framework for providing limited, essential critical care, terme...

Neuromuscular blocking agents (NMBAs) are often found as ward stock in critical care units to ensure their availability in case of urgent need. The unintentional administration of an NMBA to a non-intubated and non-ventilated patient can result in severe permanent injury or death. Incidents involving mix-ups with NMBAs have occurred within and outside of critical care units. Case reports are hi...