coccus neoformans infection at a community hospital in Arkansas during April–December 2013, to determine source of infection. Four patients had bloodstream infection and 2 had respiratory infection; 3 infections occurred within a 10-day period. Five patients had been admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) with diagnoses other than cryptococcosis; none Cluster of Cryptococcus neoformans Infec...

Background: Treatment in an intensive care unit (ICU) is both stressful and psychologically traumatic for patients. Many mental disorders can arise following traumatic and stressful events, including anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Studies have investigated nurses’ and patients’ views on the stressors to be found in a typical intensive care unit. However, there have bee...

OBJECTIVE To determine the association between the preoperative administration of statins and postoperative delirium in a prospective cohort of patients undergoing cardiac surgery. METHODS All adult patients who were admitted to the intensive care unit following cardiac surgery between January and June 2011 were included. Delirium was screened during the postoperative period using the Confusi...

APPROXIMATELY 1% OF THE US gross domestic product is consumed in the care of intensive care unit (ICU) patients. Despite this considerable investment of resources, there is wide variation in ICU organization, and studies have suggested that differences in ICU organization may affect patient outcome. For example, staffing ICUs with critical care physicians (intensivists) may improve clinical out...

THE Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in the Belfast City Hospital was opened on 1st September, 1978. The object of this paper is to present an audit of the first two years work. The ICU is a four-bedded unit which was intended to provide support for the needs of the acute services of the South Belfast Group. The main hospitals are the Belfast City Hospital (1116 beds) and the Musgrave Park Hospital (7...

Please cite this paper as: Hajiesmaeili MR, Safari S. Pain Management in the Intensive Care Unit: Do We Need Special Protocols? Anesth Pain. 2012;1(4):237-8. DOI: 10.5812/AAPM.4523 Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education: Because of the inability of patients in intensive care unit, controlling of pain is commonly missed by physicians and nurses, in this editorial we di...

367. Effect of Daily Chlorhexidine (CHG) Bathing on Multidrug-resistant Organisms (MDROs) Transmission and Infection at an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Rodolfo Quiros, MD; Maria Casanova, MD; Maria Pereyra Acuña, MD; Guillermina Kremer, MD; Andrea Novau, RN; Leonardo Fabbro, RN; Marcelino Enriquez, RN; Maximiliana La Rosa Salaberry, RN; Prevention and Control Infection Department, HOSPITAL UNIVERS...

We report the results of a 1-month audit conducted in six hospitals in the Mersey region of the UK. We assessed all referrals to the intensive care unit (ICU), looking at the circumstances of each patient referred; that is, the source, time and reason for referral, the grade of referring and assessing doctors, whether consultants were involved in decision-making as recommended by the Department...