generally icu patients are in critical status and need long stay in icu. pulmonary rehabilitation program (prp) is considered as an important tool to improve outcome and shorten the length of stay in icu. the aim of this study was to investigate whether prp can affect outcome and duration of hospitalization in icu patients. this study was performed in medical icu of labafi nejad hospital, tehra...

background and objectives: patients at intensive-care-unit (icu) are at risk of acquiring nosocomial infections which contributes to higher rates. approximately 25% of all hospital infections and 90% of outbreaks occur in icus. multi-resistant gram-negative rods are important pathogens in icus, causing high rate of mortality. the purpose of this study was to investigate the antimicrobial resist...

total parenteral nutrition (tpn) has a vital role in controlling nutritional deficiencies especially in patients with critical conditions who are confined to bed in intensive care unit (icu). complete evaluation of the nutritional status of these patients is necessary to achieve their nutritional goal. the aim of this investigation was to study the complete blood count (cbc), coagulation parame...

background: resistance to antimicrobial agents including aminoglycosides (ags) is a great concern that is mainly related to inappropriate use. since there were not adequate data regarding how rationally ags are being prescribed in our critically ill patients, this study was conducted to determine the main issues in the area of appropriate use of this antibiotic class.   methods: one hundred pat...

INTRODUCTION Intensive care unit (ICU) patients and family members repeatedly note accurate and timely communication from health care providers to be crucial to high-quality ICU care. Practice guidelines recommend improving communication. However, few data, particularly in surgical ICUs, exist on health care provider opinions regarding whether communication is effective. METHODS To evaluate I...

conclusions based on the findings, the mortality rate was 22.9% among poisoned patients with an elevated serum lactate level. we can conclude that mortality is associated with toxicants, but not the occurrence of vap; in fact, vap scenarios do not elevate serum lactate level. background lactate level is known to increase among the majority of patients with toxicity. this study aimed to determin...

aim and background: the estimation systems of mortality based on severity of disease are increasingly popularin the last 20 years, especially in the field of medical care. the purpose of this study is to evaluate the prognosis ofhospitalized icu patients according to apache 2 scoring system in educational hospitals in ilam city during 2013.methods and materials: in order to perform this prospec...

Fleur Lowe, RGN, DipHE, BSc, Senior Nurse, Patient At-Risk Team, Salisbury District Hospital, UK (✉) Paul Fulbrook, MSc, BSc(Hons), PGDE, RGN, DPSN, Clinical Reader in Critical Care, Bournemouth University, and Directorate of Nursing, Salisbury District Hospital, UK Helen Aldridge, RGN, DipHE, Senior Staff Nurse, ICU, Radnor ICU/HDU, Salisbury District Hospital, UK Sharon Fox, RGN, DipHE, Senio...

INTRODUCTION ICU-acquired weakness is thought to mediate physical impairments in survivors of critical illness, but few studies have investigated this thoroughly. The purpose was to investigate differences in post-ICU mortality and physical functioning between patients with and without ICU-acquired weakness at 6 months after ICU discharge. METHOD ICU patients, mechanically ventilated ≥ 2 days...