Background & Aims: Many complications could follow the operation as one of many treatments for cardiac problems. Anxiety is one of these complications, which could be perilous for patients affecting their hemodynamics before surgery. This research aimed to determine the effect of virtual tour training and orientation by nurses on patients' anxiety levels. Materials & Methods: This study is a p...

Background: Postoperative psychosis after cardiac surgery is associated with increased morbidity, length of hospital stay, and mortality. We aimed to assess the risk factors outcomes postoperative surgery. Methods: This research a retrospective observational case-control study that included 100 patients divided into two groups. Group 1 50 psychosis, 2 no psychosis. Data were collected from Card...

CONTEXT Iatrogenic injuries are very common in critically ill adults. However, the financial implications of these events are incompletely understood. OBJECTIVE To determine the costs of adverse events in patients in the medical intensive care unit and in the cardiac intensive care unit. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PATIENTS We performed a matched case-control analysis on data collected during a pr...

to improve the specificity of biochemical markers of myocardial infarction (mi) a method to measure cardiac troponin-i (ctn-i) was developed. ctn-i is a protein unique to cardiac muscle and is released after mi. consecutive 150 patients admitted to the coronary care unit was studied. value of ctn-i was determined in all samples. ctn-i concentration in the mi patients group was increased compare...