holistic care is the evaluation of the physical and mental states of individuals. considering the importance of spirituality in healthcare and its pivotal role as the first step toward providing spiritual care, this study was conducted to determine the perception of iranian nurses towards spirituality in neonatal intensive care units (nicus). methods: this study was conducted on nine participan...

background: nosocomial infections are an important cause of mortality in neonatal intensive care units (nicus). therefore, in this study, the incidence and prevalence of nosocomial infections were determined in nicus of the three largest neonatal centers in northwest iran, and the causative bacteria were identified in order to provide potential solutions to control the infections in these hospi...

background hyponatremia is a common disorder in patients with brain injury. it can result in acute and chronic complications providing this electrolytic disorder is not diagnosed and treated in due time. objectives the aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of hyponatremia in 95 patients with brain injury hospitalized in the intensive care unit in shahid beheshti hospital of kashan un...

OBJECTIVE To facilitate critical decision making and improve satisfaction with care among families of patients in a pediatric intensive care unit. DESIGN Prospective observational study followed by a nonrandomized controlled trial of a clinical intervention to identify conflicts and facilitate communication between families and the clinical team. SETTING The pediatric intensive care unit of...

Parents of children in pediatric intensive care units (PICUs) have many needs and stressors, but research has yet to examine their experience of their child's transfer from PICU to the hospital ward. Ten parents were interviewed following transfer from PICU to a hospital ward at a children's hospital in Canada. Parents' experience involved a search for comfort through transitions. The themes we...

Pediatrician. Specialist in Pediatric Intensive Care, Assistant Doctor in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Pronto Socorro Infantil Sabará, São Paulo SP, Brazil; Pediatrician. Specialist in Pediatric Intensive Care, Dean of Pronto Socorro Infantil Sabará, São Paulo SP, Brazil; Pediatrician. PhD in Pediatrics, Head of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Pronto Socorro Infantil Sabará and Hospita...

This issue and the following issue (Volume 57, Number 2) of The Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine are a compilation of papers dealing with diagnosis and management problems in pediatric intensive care. The number of contributors, as well as their varied backgrounds, provides a glimpse of the efforts involved in intensive care for children outside the newborn period. Pediatric intensive care ...