meningitis is an acute inflammation of the protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord, which are known as the meninges. this infection may be caused by streptococcus pneumonia bacteria. in this study, we presented the case of a female newborn with meningitis secondary to streptococcus pneumonia. her birth weight and height were normal. after 24 hours of birth, the neonate was diagn...

background noise at intensive care units (icu) has an adverse effect on patients and icu staff. there are some evidences that sleep, recovery from critical illness and average background noise in hospitals as recommended by the us environmental protection agency (epa) and world health organization (who) should not exceed 30 a-weighted decibel (dba) and peaks during night time should be less tha...

background with the increase of x-ray use for medical diagnostic purposes, knowing the given doses is necessary in patients for comparison with reference levels. the concept of reference doses or diagnostic reference levels (drls) has been developed as a practical aid in the optimization of patient protection in diagnostic radiology. objectives to assess the radiation doses to neonates from dia...

background and objectives: carbapenem resistant a. baumannii is an emerging cause of nosocomial infections. the aims of this study were identification of the most prevalent of carbapenem resistant genes, molecular typing and antimicrobial evaluation of a.baumannii in intensive care units. materials and methods: two hundred and six a. baumannii were isolated from tracheal tube discharge of hospi...

To evaluate the financial effects of diagnosis-related groups, we compared 128 Medicare and 183 non-Medicare cardiac patients aeromedically evacuated to a major referral center for critical care. A significant difference (p less than 0.05) was found between Medicare patients vs non-Medicare patients for age (71 +/- 7 vs 51 +/- 9 years) and mortality (13 percent vs 6 percent). No significant dif...

Methods: The research method was quantitative, empirical and descriptive, was carried out in Tartu University Hospital in the cardiac surgery, in the paediatric surgery and in the paediatric intensive care unit from 25 June to 23 September 2013. Participants (n=21) used the scale for assessing the infants postoperative pain during three months and gave feedback about the scale utility in practi...

OBJECTIVE To review the salient aspects and latest advances in the management of the postoperative pediatric cardiac patient. DATA SOURCE A Medline-based literature source. CONCLUSION The practice of pediatric cardiac intensive care has evolved considerably over the last several years. These efforts are the result of a collaborative effort from all subspecialties involved in the care of ped...

Several hospitals have been developing programmes for organ donation after cardiac death. Such programmes offer options for organ donation to patients who do not meet brain-death criteria but wish to donate their organs after withdrawal of life-support. These programmes also increase the available organ pool at a time when demand exceeds supply. Given that potential donors are managed in intens...

Abstract Daily sedation interruption or vacation is a strategy for neurological evaluation, respiratory mechanics, cardiac stability, and eventual weaning to extubation. However, its application has safety aspects such as pulmonary, cardiac, complications. A protocol-driven in the medical intensive care helps with reduction length of stay increase ventilator-free days.1,2 The same approach can ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the relation between children's nutritional status when they are admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, the necessity and length of mechanical ventilation and the mortality rate. METHODS A cohort study was conducted between July 1st, 1995 and June 30th, 1996. This study involved all children (28 days old to 48 months old) admitted to the pediatric intensive care...