OBJECTIVES To study characteristics, treatment and outcome of near-drowning patients in Pediatric Respiratory Care Unit (P-RCU), Siriraj Hospital MATERIAL AND METHOD We retrospectively reviewed hospital records of 31 near-drowning patients admitted at P-RCU Siriraj Hospital during 1990-2002. RESULTS The average age of admitted patients was 4 years (ranged from 6 months to 13 years). Seventy...

BACKGROUND: Critical care in obstetrics has received much ttention in recent times. Despite progress in medical field and improvement in health facilities provided, maternal mortality is still very high in most of the developing countries. AIM: To study and analyze records of patients requiring intensive care in obstetrics and to assess utility of simplified acute physiology score (SAPS II) for...

Acute complications are frequent in cancer patients and their adequate management, including in critical care units, may be crucial [1]. The prognosis of such complications in terms of intensive care unit (ICU) and hospital mortality is mainly determined by the acute physiological perturbations they induce, as reflected by gravity scores in critically ill cancer patients [2, 3], but also by the...

Background: In the health centers, clinical data is regularly transferred between health care personnel. The most widespread of these handoffs are the inter-shift nursing reports, which occur several times in a day and could facilitate patient care plan, patient safety and continuity of care. But previous studies and clinical experience have indicated that there is no program for this major pur...

OBJECTIVE To establish the incidence of acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome, as well as related risk factors and mortality in an intensive care unit. To compare patients developing lung injury with at-risk patients not presenting acute lung injury or acute respiratory distress syndrome. METHODS The study was conducted in the intensive care unit of the Ribeirão Preto Hosp...

Background: Considering the prevalence of skin lesions and drug eruptions in intensive care units and the absence of research about it, we decided to study skin lesions of patients admitted in intensive care unit. Patients and Methods: In this descriptive study all patients admitted in intensive care units of Al-Zahra Hospital in Isfahan in 1376-78 were observed and examined by a resident in De...

It is a reality of the discipline of respiratory therapy that most practitioners will be directly involved in the removal of ventilatory support as part of end-of-life care in the intensive care unit. In light of the frequency of this event, the sensitive nature of the process, and the potential for moral distress in caregivers involved in withdrawal of life support, it is appropriate that incr...

BACKGROUND No studies have examined the effectiveness of influenza vaccine against intensive care unit (ICU) admission associated with influenza virus infection among children. METHODS In 2010-2011 and 2011-2012, children aged 6 months to 17 years admitted to 21 US pediatric intensive care units (PICUs) with acute severe respiratory illness and testing positive for influenza were enrolled as ...