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malpractice in preparation and administration of intravenous (iv) medications has been reported frequently. inadequate knowledge of nurses has been reported as a cause of such errors. we aimed to evaluate the role of nurses' education via installation of wall posters and giving informative pamphlets in reducing the errors in preparation and administration of intravenous drugs in 2 wards (icu an...

concomitant use of several drugs by icu( intensive care unit) patients is often unavoidable. in these patients, pharmacokinetic drug interactions are very likely. the current study was designed to evaluate these interactions in patients hospitalized in an icu of a teaching hospital in tehran, iran. a questionnaire was designed and used to collect study data. the study was done in the icu of a t...

BACKGROUND With the incidence of adverse drug events (ADEs) and adverse drug reactions (ADRs) higher in the intensive care unit (ICU) than other areas of the hospital, it is suspected that ADE/ADR surveillance systems differ between ICU and non-ICU areas. However, there is a lack of information about ADE/ADR identification, reporting, and evaluation strategies in the ICU. Understanding the freq...

PURPOSE For patients with acute respiratory failure due to lung edema or atelectasis, Surplus lung water that is not removed during an initial stay in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) may be related to early ICU readmission. Therefore, we performed a retrospective study of patient management during the first ICU stay for such patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS Of 1,835 patients who were admitted to...