AIMS To test the clinical accuracy of a web based differential diagnostic tool (ISABEL) for a set of case histories collected during a two stage evaluation. METHODS SETTING acute paediatric units in two teaching and two district general hospitals in the southeast of England. MATERIALS sets of summary clinical features from both stages, and the diagnoses expected for these features from s...

background: emotion and how people manage it is an important part of personality that would immensely affect their health. investigations showed that emotional intelligence is significantly related to and can predict psychological health. objective: to determine the effect of teaching emotional intelligence to intensive care unit nurses on their general health. methods: this randomized clinical...

Aim: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic may predispose front-line intensive care staff to experience mental health problems. aim of this study was compare the COVID-19 fear experienced by unit and general staff, effects on health. Material Methods: In cross-sectional study, a total 156 participants, 90 (57.7%) participants from 66 (42.3%) unit, were included. A printed questionnai...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate and compare stressors identified by patients of a coronary intensive care unit with those perceived by patients of a general postoperative intensive care unit. METHODS This cross-sectional and descriptive study was conducted in the coronary intensive care and general postoperative intensive care units of a private hospital. In total, 60 patients participated in the study...