background: parenteral nutrition (pn) is a valuable life saving intervention, which can improve the nutritional status of hospitalized malnourished patients. pn is associated with complications including hyperglycemia. this study was conducted to compare two methods of blood glucose control in traumatic brain injury patients on pn. materials and methods: a randomized, open-label, controlled tri...

conclusions finally, in order to prevent the occurrence and reduce the consequences of identified errors the following suggestions were proposed : appropriate training courses, applying work guidelines and monitoring their implementation, increasing the number of work shifts, hiring professional workforce, equipping work space with appropriate facilities and equipment. background although healt...

BACKGROUND Delirium is a common problem and associated with poor outcomes in intensive care unit (ICU) patients. Diagnosis of delirium in ICU patients is limited and usually underdiagnosed by physicians. The Confusion Assessment Method for the Intensive Care Unit (CAM-ICU) is one of the most widely used screening methods for detection of ICU delirium. Our goal was to translate and validate the ...

BACKGROUND To identify fluid responsiveness, a correlation between respiratory variations in pulse pressure (DeltaPP) and respiratory variations in pulse oximetry photoplethysmographic waveform amplitude (DeltaPOP) in mechanically ventilated patients has been demonstrated. To evaluate the agreement between the two methods, knowledge about the repeatability of the methods is imperative. However,...

Introduction Delirium is defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) as a disturbance in consciousness and alteration in cognition over a short time period. It tends to fluctuate throughout the day and is evident from the clinical history, examination or investigations that delirium is as a result of a medical condition, drug withdrawal or intoxication. All of ...

in this paper we classify fuzzy subgroups of a rank-3 abelian group $g = mathbb{z}_{p^n} + mathbb{z}_p + mathbb{z}_p$ for any fixed prime $p$ and any positive integer $n$, using a natural equivalence relation given in cite{mur:01}. we present and prove explicit polynomial formulae for the number of (i) subgroups, (ii) maximal chains of subgroups, (iii) distinct fuzzy subgroups, (iv) non-isomorp...

Introduction: Improving the health level of patients is one of the most important purposes in intensive care units. In order to promote these units we need to measure their quality. To do so, some standards are needed in this area. The aim of this article was to study the mortality rate of the patients admitted to intensive care units with different APACHE scores. <strong...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether social inequalities in height change across generations. METHODS The target population was from the 1958 British birth cohort, all born 3rd-9th March 1958, followed to 1991, and the offspring of one third of this population. Main outcomes were height measured at 7, 11, 16, and 33 years (cohort members) and once at 4-18 years (offspring). Multilevel models applie...