Psychiatric evaluation and assessment of common physical illnesses and disabilities was carried out in elderly depressives (aged 60 years and above). Correlation, if any, was seen between depression and physical problems. The 'patient group' comprised of 40 drawn from MHI, Cuttack, having a depressive disorder (ICD-10). The 'control group' of 20 was drawn from the general population with no psy...

BACKGROUND Acute kidney injury is no longer considered to be an innocent bystander merely reflecting co-existent pathologies but an independent risk factor for mortality in the ICU. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To study clinical profile and correlation of patients with acute kidney injury (AKI) according to KDIGO definition with respect to incidence, outcome and different causes of AKI in critical car...

introduction: the aim of the global dementia scale factor structure roland (rudas) was conducted in patients with dementia. methods: this descriptive correlation study was conducted. population of all nursing home patients with dementia tehran bazaar was formed in 1390., in this study, 78 patients from the kahrizak nursing home patients with dementia sampling method selected data on the global ...

BACKGROUND Critically ill patients are susceptible to health care-associated infections because of their illnesses and the need for intravenous access and invasive monitoring. The critical care work environment may influence the likelihood of infection in these patients. OBJECTIVE To determine whether or not the critical care nurse work environment is predictive of nurse-reported health care-...