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Antimicrobial susceptibility at intensive care units in Sudan, antibiogram development

BMC Microbiology
Antibiograms are statistics on bacterial spectrum and resistance rates. It is of importance to regularly monitor the trends in antimicrobial resistance within the institution through the periodic cumulative resistance to provide the effective empiric ...
Ghada Omer Hamad Abd El-Raheem, Mohamed Elhadi Ahmed Dihesh, Mohamed Elmutaz Babikir Elmardi, Hana Eltayeb Salih Elamin, Latifa Elsir Abas Zeinelabdin, Dalia Omer Suliman Ahmed, Misa Abdelmajid Alhaj Mudather, Omema Abdelkrem Abdelftah Gaber, Hanadie Mustafa Ebrahim Abdalla   +8 more
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Bridging the Loneliness Gap: Depression, Connectivity, and Isolation in Pediatric Oncology Patients and Their Peers

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Loneliness is associated with adverse physical and mental health outcomes and remains understudied in children and adolescents undergoing cancer therapy. Pediatric oncology patients may be at increased risk due to medical isolation and disruption of social networks.
Charlotte N. Stahlfeld, Scott H. Maurer, Michelle D. Watkinson, John Nury, Elise Barberis, Molly C. Mack   +5 more
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Interdisciplinary communication in the intensive care unit [PDF]

, 2007
BACKGROUND: Patient safety research has shown poor communication among intensive care unit (ICU) nurses and doctors to be a common causal factor underlying critical incidents in intensive care.
B.H. Cuthbertson, Mearns, Kathryn, Reader, Tom, Flin, Rhona, T.W. Reader, Cuthbertson, Brian H., K. Mearns, Reader, Tom W., Flin, R., Cuthbertson, Brian, R. Flin   +10 more
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Neonatal thyrotoxicosis secondary to maternal graves’ disease: a case report

BMC Pediatrics
Introduction Neonatal thyrotoxicosis is a rare condition that often results from maternal antibody transfer, particularly in mothers who have had Graves’ disease. This disorder causes excessive thyroid hormone production in newborns.
Safa Elhassan, Ayman Abdalgader, Ahmed Gharib, Hossam Ahmed Mourad, Bashair Aldossari   +4 more
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Clinical and laboratory characteristics of critical Bordetella pertussis in hospitalized infants in the Southwest region of Saudi Arabia

Frontiers in Pediatrics
BackgroundCritical pertussis remains a critical health concern in infants and is characterized by severe leukocytosis, respiratory failure, and multisystem involvement.
Ali Alsuheel Asseri, Norah Alshehri, Ibrahim AlHelali, Ibrahim Al-Benhassan, Ahmed Alhijab Alhazmi, Khalid S. AlShehri, Abdullah Baoqbah, Ghada Haider, Syed Esam Mahmood, Ausaf Ahmad, Tarig Hamad   +10 more
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Fatal pulmonary embolism following ankle fracture in a 23-year-old man

Emergency Care Journal, 2014
Patients with lower extremity injuries are at increased risk of venous thromboembolism. We report a case of fatal pulmonary embolism following a simple ankle fracture in a 23-year-old man. The diagnosis was confirmed post-mortem.
Stella Charitidou, Theodoros Aslanidis, Stellios Papalexandris   +2 more
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Early Body Mass Index z‐Score Change and Resolution of Severe Malnutrition in Children With Sickle Cell Anemia in a Low‐Income Setting: A Prospective Single‐Arm Extension Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Children with sickle cell anemia (SCA) in low‐income settings are at risk of severe malnutrition, but optimal nutritional management has not been established. We evaluated an intensified ready‐to‐use therapeutic food (RUTF) regimen in children with persistent severe malnutrition after initial treatment and assessed whether early ...
Safiya Gambo, Shehu Umar Abdullahi, Hassan Adam Murtala, Halima Kabir, Khadija A. Shamsu, Sari A. Acra, Virginia A. Stallings, Mark Rodeghier, Michael R. DeBaun, Lauren J. Klein   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

[The meaning of caring in the intensive care unit].

Revista gaucha de enfermagem, 2005
This qualitative research with a phenomenological approach searchs to understand the meaning of care in the highly technical world of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), viewed from the nurses’ perspective. It was developed in a University Hospital in Porto Alegre, RS, between 1998-2000, with seven nurses as participants.
Lucena, Amália de Fátima, Oliveira Crossetti, Maria da Graça   +1 more
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Patient-centred nursing, compassion satisfaction and compassion fatigue in Australian intensive care units [PDF]

, 2018
University of Technology Sydney. Faculty of Health.Aim: To develop a conceptual framework outlining processes involved in patient-centred nursing and compassion satisfaction or compassion fatigue in the context of critical care nursing.
Jakimowicz, Samantha Jane
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Family refusal rates for organ donation after brain death and after circulatory death: a single-center 6-year experience

Journal of Anesthesia, Analgesia and Critical Care
Background A wide gap exists between the number of patients awaiting organ transplantation and the availability of donor organs. For most vital organs, no artificial substitutes are available, resulting in the death of approximately 3–4% of patients on ...
Federica De Min, Maria Assunta Donato, Elisa Raimondo, Alessandro Ivan De Martino, Alessia Bresil, Alessandra Agnese Grossi, Martina Baiardo Redaelli, Paolo Severgnini, Luca Cabrini   +8 more
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