background: the present study aimed to investigate the effects of work shifts and mental workload on chronic fatigue among female nurses in intensive care units of selected hospitals in shiraz.   methods: the participants in this cross-sectional study were 118 female nurses working in intensive care units of three hospitals in shiraz with an average age of 304.8± years. sp (samn-perelli) mental...

background: malnutrition is prevalent among patients hospitalized in intensive care units (icus) and causes various complications. dietary supplementation to provide appropriate nutritional support may reduce the malnutrition and complications through improvement in nutritional status. this study was carried out to assess the association between dietary supplementation and malnutrition among pa...

background: having an infant in the neonatal intensive care unit (nicu) is a stressful and painful experience. unlike to normal births, this birth is associated with admission and separation of infant from parents. the aim of this study was to compile the supporting-emotional needs of iranian parents who have a premature infant admitted in (nicu). methods: this study was performed using qualita...

abstract background: one of the main causes of stress in the lives of people is their jobs. occupational stress is causing a wide range of significant issues in health and community services. nursing is the most stressful profession in the health services. massage therapy is one way of coping with stress. this study was conducted to determine the effect of massage therapy on stress in nurses. m...

background: the infants, hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit (nicu), engage with problems from admission to discharge, exploring of which ensures their safe transition. the purpose of this study was to identify the factors that influence infant’s transition from the nicu to home. materials and methods: a qualitative study was used for identifying the factors that affect infant’s tr...

OBJECTIVES Little is known regarding the assessment and treatment of symptoms during end-of-life (EOL) care for children. This study was conducted to describe the circumstances surrounding the deaths of hospitalized terminally ill children, especially pain and symptom management by the multidisciplinary pediatric care team. DESIGN Patients in the neonatal intensive care unit, pediatric critic...

1473. Enterovirus (EV)-D68 in Pediatric Patients with Respiratory Tract Infection: the Circulation of new B3 Clade in Italy Antonio Piralla, PhD; Nicola Principi, MD; Luca Ruggiero, PhD; Alessia Girello, MD; Federica Giardina, PhD; Elisa De Sando, MD; Gian Luigi Marseglia, MD; Fausto Baldanti, MD and Susanna Esposito, MD; Molecular Virology Unit, Microbiology and Virology Department, Fondazione...

1473. Enterovirus (EV)-D68 in Pediatric Patients with Respiratory Tract Infection: the Circulation of new B3 Clade in Italy Antonio Piralla, PhD; Nicola Principi, MD; Luca Ruggiero, PhD; Alessia Girello, MD; Federica Giardina, PhD; Elisa De Sando, MD; Gian Luigi Marseglia, MD; Fausto Baldanti, MD and Susanna Esposito, MD; Molecular Virology Unit, Microbiology and Virology Department, Fondazione...