So far, too little attention has been paid to total burden of healthcare associated infections (HAIs) in Iran. In the present study, we aimed to assess the rate of HAIs, as well as economic burden of hospitalization and antibiotic related cost associated with HAIs in ICU at training Taleghani hospital in Iran and to compare our results with national nosocomial infections surveillance (NNIS) sys...

INTRODUCTION Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in intensive care unit (ICU) patients despite use of prophylactic anticoagulant therapy. The aim of the present study was to determine the incidence of DVT among medical and surgical ICU patients. METHODS In this cross sectional study, patients older than 18 years who were hospitalized in the ICU of Imam Hosse...

BACKGROUND There are different risk factors that affect the intensive care unit (ICU) stay after cardiac surgery. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to evaluate possible risk factors influencing prolonged ICU stay in a large referral hospital. PATIENTS AND METHODS We conducted a case-control study to determinate causes of prolonged ICU stay in 280 adult patients undergoing cardiac surgery...

BACKGROUND The aim of present study was to determine the impact of two different ICU management model, open and semi closed, on resources utilization in intensive care unit. METHOD Retrospective cohort analysis using data from hospital database was applied to compare the effect of ICU management model on ICU length of stay and bed disposition of 1064 patients admitted to the general ICU of Im...

We Report the demographic characteristics, laboratory findings, vital signs and outcomes of 19 laboratoryconfirmed COVID-19 patients who admitted to ICU; from 15 Feb March 2020 in Arak, MarkaziProvince, Iran. Data showed that most common findings on first day ICU admission, wereleukocytosis (52.6%), neutrophilia (73.6%), lymphopenia (100%), anemia hyperglycemia (78.95),increased levels INR (100...

Introduction: Recent studies suggest that liaison nurse intervention might be effective to solve the gap between intensive care unit and wards, but little studies are known about the effect of this intervention. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of liaison nurse service on patient outcomes after discharging from intensive care unit. Methods: In this single blinded randomized c...

BACKGROUND Despite recognition of the importance of nutritional feedings, the delivery of optimal nutrition remains difficult to achieve in most intensive care units (ICU). OBJECTIVE To assess the status of malnutrition in traumatically ill patients hospitalized in an ICU in Iran. METHODS This descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted in Hamadan, Iran, on 123 patients in an ICU ward ...

BACKGROUND This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of serum sodium and potassium disorders and assess their effects on mortality rate in hospitalized patients in the ICU and also to identify prognosis and predictors of survival. MATERIALS AND METHODS A retrospective case-control study was conducted on 457 hospitalized patients in the ICU of Rasoul-e-Akram Hospital (Tehran, Iran). There we...