background ventilator-associated pneumonia (vap) develops in mechanically ventilated patients 48 hours after putting the patients on the ventilator. vap is the second most common nosocomial infection in neonatal intensive care units (nicu). objectives the current study was conducted to determine the rate, microbiological characteristics and outcome of vap in neonates admitted in the nicu of sho...

background: the newborn’s first bath, performed in neonatal intensive care units (nicu), is believed to be a stressful situation, especially for the premature infants. as a developmental care approach, swaddle bathing is a low-stress bathing method for vulnerable preterm neonates. given the limited number of the studies examining this bathing method, the present study was conducted with the aim...

background and purpose: invasive aspergillosis (ia) is one of the most common life-threatening fungal infections among the critically ill patients including intensive care unit (icu) patients. delayed diagnosis and therapy may lead to poor outcomes. diagnosis may be facilitated by a test for molecular biomarkers, i.e. detection of galactomannan (gm) antigen based on enzyme immunoassay, which is...

background monitoring the health status of patients discharged from intensive care units is a crucial method of service evaluation. objectives this study aimed to assess the physical and mental health status of patients immediately after discharge from the icu and 24 hours later. patients and methods this descriptive comparative study was conducted on 104 patients discharged from the icus of a ...

conclusions limited levels of prenatal depressive and anxiety symptoms do not seem to be associated with neonatal outcomes. in clinical practice, pregnant women, who suffer from low levels of prenatal depressive and anxiety symptoms, may be reassured, in respect of the adverse outcomes of these mood symptoms on the neonate. results on the basis of bdi, 81.1% of the sample showed minimal, 15.4% ...

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...

our study evaluated the differences between early and late hemodialysis (hd) initiation in the intensive care unit (icu) according to the rifle (risk, injury, failure, loss, and end-stage renal failure) and akin (acute kidney injury network) classifications. on the assumption that early initiation of hd in critical patients according to the rifle and akin criteria decreases mortality, we retros...

abstract background: kangaroo mother care (kmc) is the most implementation intervention in caring of the infants, as in this method, both the mothers and infants are cared. the world health organization recommends implementation of kmc for all infants. however, there are some barriers in the way of its application. the purpose of this study was evaluation of the practical application of kmc and...

conclusions kmc before and during heel lancing is a natural, easy to use, and cost-effective method to decrease pain in premature neonates. it is consistent with modern strategy of family-centered care in neonatal units. results the mean score of pain intensity during the intervention was significantly lower in the kmc position (p < 0/000). mean score of pain intensity at two minutes after inte...