illness, as far as quantitative and qualitative sleep depriva tion can have negative consequences on a physiologic function, particularly the immune mechanism, as well as psychological well-being [1]. Patients’ perception of intensive care is very diff erent depending on the study. To illustrate, Simini reported frequent feelings such as ‘pain, noise, sleep deprivation, thirst, hunger, fear, an...

illness, as far as quantitative and qualitative sleep depriva tion can have negative consequences on a physiologic function, particularly the immune mechanism, as well as psychological well-being [1]. Patients’ perception of intensive care is very diff erent depending on the study. To illustrate, Simini reported frequent feelings such as ‘pain, noise, sleep deprivation, thirst, hunger, fear, an...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Appropriate use of sedatives and analgesics is essential to keep critically ill patients comfortable and to prevent prolonged mechanical ventilation time and length of stay in ICU. Aim of this study was to analyse the long-term effect of an algorithm-based individual analgesic-sedative protocol on mechanical ventilation time and ICU length of stay in critically ill patients ...

OBJECTIVE To assess outcomes in long-term ICU patients, with follow-ups carried out at one year post discharge, in order to calculate the costs incurred by the hospital in relation to the benefits gained. MATERIAL Of 3639 patients consecutively admitted over the course of three years to ICU, 235 (6.5%) were assessed for the purposes of the study, having spent a period exceeding 20 days in int...

Methods 254 cases of ICU January 1 to December 31, 2013 were reviewed, demographic variables, height, weight ingress and egress, ingress and egress BMI, admission diagnosis, APACHE II, SOFA recorded , TISS, presence of acute kidney injury (AKI), acute respiratory failure (ARDS), mechanical ventilatory support days (MVS), length of stay in ICU and reason for ICU discharge. The correlation betwee...

Introduction Many studies have shown that the standard of the nutrition of ICU-patients influence the patient results, measured by ICU-LOS (length of stay), hospital-LOS and mortality. The energy deficit accumulating during the first days of the ICU stay may play an important role for the patient results. After implementation of a multiprofessional ICU nutrition protocol, including a broadly te...

BACKGROUND In this study, we primarily investigated whether ICU admission or ICU stay at weekends (Saturday and Sunday) is associated with a different risk of ICU mortality or chance of ICU discharge than ICU admission or ICU stay on weekdays (Monday to Friday). Secondarily, we analysed whether weekend ICU admission or ICU stay influences risk of hospital mortality or chance of hospital dischar...

AIM To study the impact of hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) on cost and outcome from intensive care units (ICU) in India. METHODS Adult patients (> 18 years) admitted over 1-year, to a 24-bed medical critical care unit in India, were enrolled prospectively. Treatment cost and outcome data were collected. This cost data was merged with HAI data collected prospectively by the Hospital Infect...

BACKGROUND The effect of nicotine withdrawal in smokers admitted to the ICU is not well understood, so the role of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) in those patients is controversial. OBJECTIVE To determine whether NRT in ICU patients affects the need for sedatives/analgesics, ventilator days, and ICU stay. METHODS In a 20-bed ICU, 40 subjects were randomized to either a 21 mg nicotine pa...

background: reports on the determinants of morbidity in coronary artery bypass graft surgery (cabg) have focused on outcome measures such as length of postoperative stay in the intensive care unit (icu). we proposed that major comorbidities in the icu hampered the prognostic effect of other weaker but important preventable risk factors with effect on patients’ length of hospitalization. so we a...