background a broad variety of fungi, especially candida species, are becoming increasingly common causes of urinary tract infections in hospital settings. objectives the current cross-sectional descriptive study aimed to determine the causative agents, risk factors and incidence rate of candiduria in critically ill patients, hospitalized in intensive care units (icus) of four iranian hospitals....

objective to investigate association between nosocomial infection, blood products transfusion and microorganisms responsible in patients who hospitalized at icu (intensive care unit). patients and methods in this prospective study, 217 patients who were admitted to the icu of taleghani hospital between august 2010 and august 2011 were included. nosocomial infections were defined using the conta...

background: since the family is a social system, the impairment in each of its component members may disrupt the entire family system. one of the stress sources for families is accidents leading to hospitalization particularly in the intensive care unit (icu). in many cases, the families’ needs in patient care are not met that cause dissatisfaction. since the nurses spend a lot of time with pat...

background & aims: endotracheal intubation is commonly performed in the intensive care unit. many international guidelines for difficult intubation management are available and the intensivists think that any endotracheal intubation in icu is potentially difficult with several complications. materials & methods: after obtaining ethical approval, this descriptive and analytical study was conduct...

annually, 200 ha of agh ghala rangelands in golestan, iran are under alkaligrass puccinella distans's cultivation but the failure in the identification of appropriate sites for seed sowing may result in high costs of cultivation. the current study aims to reduce such costs through the examination of apt sites to grow p. distans in northern rangelands of agh ghala golestan, iran. because of the ...

annually, 200 ha of agh ghala rangelands in golestan, iran are under alkaligrass puccinella distans''s cultivation but the failure in the identification of appropriate sites for seed sowing may result in high costs of cultivation. the current study aims to reduce such costs through the examination of apt sites to grow p. distans in northern rangelands of agh ghala golestan, iran. because of the...

introduction: the aim of this study was to evaluate the influenceof different light curing systems and curing times on the micro-hardness of aresin modified glass ionomer. methods: forty two samples of resinmodified glass ionomer (rmgi) were prepared using stainless steel cylindrical mold(8 × 2 mm) and randomly divided into six groups of seven. three groups werecured with a quartz tungsten halo...

background: high quality midwifery care for patients in the labor unit is of great importance in the promotion of women's wellbeing and pregnancy health. the aim of the present study was to evaluate the professional behavior of midwives with respect to their responsibilities and the service they provide in labor units in the university, governmental and private hospitals across sari in 139...

background and purpose: based on a holistic model of health care, human beings have biological, psychological, social and spiritual dimensions, which should be considered in the provision of comprehensive care. given the fact that spiritual health coordinates different aspects of human life, we aimed to explore the viewpoints of nurses working in intensive care units about the concept of spirit...