BACKGROUND This study aimed to estimate the rate of pressure ulcers in intensive care units (ICUs) and medical and surgical wards of Iranian hospitals and compare the performance of methods of medical record review as well as direct observation for their detection. METHODS The research team visited 308 patients in medical and surgical wards of hospitals affiliated with Tehran University of Me...

background: the aim of present study was to determine the quality of nursing documents in medical-surgical wards and factors affected this quality. methods: in this descriptive study the quality of nurses' documents in medical-surgical wards of teaching hospitals related to tabriz university of medical sciences was assessed. for data gathering, four checklists assessed four parts of nursing doc...

Surgical neonates need specialist medical and nursing care if their outcomes are to be improved. It needs a team of pediatric surgeons, neonatologists, pediatric anesthetists, and trained nurses. However, a key question in the management of these neonates is the place where they should be managed. A recent survey of neonatal surgical units in the UK in 2008 [1] revealed that surgical neonates w...

BACKGROUND Routine hospital statistics for England appear to overestimate use of children's wards and include numbers of well newborn babies staying with their mothers after delivery ("well babies"). AIM To review trends in use of children's wards excluding data on newborn babies. METHODS We reviewed routine, published, and age stratified data requested from the Department of Health to iden...

Three women were admitted to the surgical wards with acute gastro-intestinal symptoms and despite good clinical (pigmentation, hypotension) and biochemical (hyponatraemia, acidosis) evidence of Addisonian crisis had unnecessary investigations with delay in the diagnosis and appropriate management of this medical emergency. Clinicians should take careful note of the typical electrolyte upset see...

Ten hand-touch sites were screened weekly on two surgical wards over two consecutive six-month periods. The results were analysed using hygiene standards, which specify (i) an aerobic colony count (ACC) > 2.5 cfu/cm(2), and (ii) presence of coagulase-positive staphylococci, as hygiene failures. Sites most often failing the standards were beds and hoist (64%: 33 of 52 weeks), bedside lockers (62...

AIM To analyze use and distribution of resources by otolaryngology (ENT) hospital wards in Romania between 2003 and 2008, in order to plan the improvement of patient access to health care services and health care services' financial performance. METHODS Clinical electronic records were searched for all patients discharged from all public hospitals funded on a per-case basis by the government ...