background solid organ transplantation patients are at high risk for opportunistic air-borne fungal infections due to using the potent immunosuppressive agents. objectives the current study aimed to qualitatively and quantitatively evaluate the fungal flora present in the air of kidney transplant unit of baqiyatallah hospital. materials and methods in this prospective study, air samples from pa...

background: firoozgar comprehensive stroke center started up as the first organized care unit in the country in 2014; this study was performed to investigate quality indicators such as reduction in mortality, morbidity and hospital stay.   methods: two groups of ischemic stroke patients were compared. the first group had been admitted in general neurology ward (non-stroke unit patients) and the...

background and aim: ventilator-associated pneumonia (vap) is the second most common infection within intensive care units (icus). happening in patients requiring mechanical ventilation for more than 48 hours, the disease is associated with high morbidity and mortality. this study aims to compare the effects of matrica and chlorhexidine mouthwashes on the prevention of vap among patients hospita...

a survey was made to determine the knowledge of nurses working in coronary care units regarding assessing paint and rendering nursing care to clients with acute myocardial infarction in hospitals affiliated with the ministry of health services and medical education (tehran, 1995).   a total of 120 nurses working in coronary care units were selected randomly to participate in this study. the too...

background: paratracheal air cysts (pacs) are extraluminal collections of air mostly located adjacent to the right of the trachea at the level of the thoracic inlet. although, pacs are usually asymptomatic, the lesions do occasionally cause complications such as chronic cough, difficult intubation, and right-sided recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy. the purpose of the present study was to demonstr...

the duration of icu (intensive care unit) stay in cardiac surgery patients has an important role in the rate of complications and costs. the aim of this study was to determine the role of perioperative risk factors in clinical outcome based on the time of icu discharge. in this descriptive study, 219 patients undergoing off-pump coronary artery bypass (opcab) surgery in afshar hospital in yazd,...