Therapeutic hypothermia following cardiac arrest: a review of the evidence.

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:A trend towards lighter sedation has been evident in many intensive care units (ICUs). The aims of the survey were to describe sedation practice in European ICUs and to compare sedation practice in Nordic and non-Nordic countries. DESIGN AND METHODS:A cross-sectional survey of ICU nurses attending ...

journal_title：Nursing in critical care

authors： Egerod I,Albarran JW,Ring M,Blackwood B

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To explore the meaning of vigilant attendance for relatives of critically ill patients in Greece. BACKGROUND:A plethora of international research has identified proximity to the patient to be a major concern for relatives of critically ill patients. Greece however follows a strict visiting policy in intensive care...

journal_title：Nursing in critical care

authors： Plakas S,Taket A,Cant B,Fouka G,Vardaki Z

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The care bundle is a new concept in critical care, which is currently being promoted by the National Health Service Modernisation Agency for Critical Care. Care bundles originated in North America and are described best as groups of evidence-based practice interventions. The theory behind care bundles is that when sev...

journal_title：Nursing in critical care

authors： Fulbrook P,Mooney S

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The shortage of critical care and specialist nurses has been an ongoing issue for many decades. Although all areas of nursing are affected, critical care areas are especially vulnerable to recruitment and retention problems. High nursing turnover in critical care areas is evident; however, research into the ...

journal_title：Nursing in critical care

authors： Khan N,Jackson D,Stayt L,Walthall H

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The assessment of sleep quality in critically ill patients is a relevant factor of high-quality care. Despite the fact that sleep disturbances and insufficient sleep management contain an increased risk of severe morbidity for these patients, a translated and applicable instrument to evaluate sleep is not av...

journal_title：Nursing in critical care

authors： Krotsetis S,Richards KC,Behncke A,Köpke S

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Delirium in the intensive care unit (ICU) is associated with increased mortality, longer hospital stays, and increased odds of institutionalization after discharge. Delirium is a significant complication that occurs frequently in ICU yet lacks a standardized treatment protocol. Because of the limited effec...

journal_title：Nursing in critical care

authors： Sahawneh F,Boss L

更新日期：2021-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Brain death is the total loss of all brain and brain stem functions, and its diagnosis is often confirmed by an apnoea test, which relies on disconnecting the patient from the ventilator. Auto-triggering or auto-cycling is defined as a ventilator being triggered in the absence of patient effort, intrinsic re...

journal_title：Nursing in critical care

authors： Noujeim C,Bouakl I,El-Khatib M,Bou-Khalil P

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) will more often than not require sedative and analgesic drugs to enable them to tolerate the invasive procedures and therapies caused as a result of their underlying condition and/or necessary medical interventions. AIM:This article reports a study explorin...

journal_title：Nursing in critical care

authors： Weir S,O'Neill A

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Critically ill patients are at high risk of developing pressure ulcers resulting in serious untoward patient and health care system outcomes. Pressure ulcer prevention is therefore an important patient safety priority and establishing a structured approach to pressure ulcer risk assessment to identify pati...

journal_title：Nursing in critical care

authors： Richardson A,Barrow I

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a common complication of mechanical ventilation after endotracheal intubation. The role of chlorhexidine and tooth-brushing has been considered as a clinical intervention to reduce infection rates, however, evidence to inform this needs appraising. AIM:This paper pre...

journal_title：Nursing in critical care

authors： Roberts N,Moule P

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes the introduction and subsequent evaluation of a 12-h shift system in a large ITU in the northeast of UK. To date, only a small number of studies has evaluated nurses working the 12-h shifts in critical care areas. To evaluate the level of staff satisfaction, data were collected by means of a quest...

journal_title：Nursing in critical care

authors： Richardson A,Dabner N,Curtis S

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fatigue and abnormalities in cardiovascular parameters are recognized as major problems for patients with acute coronary syndrome. Non-pharmacological nursing interventions are useful for controlling this fatigue and reducing patients' suffering during hospitalization. AIM:The present study compared the eff...

journal_title：Nursing in critical care

authors： Bahrami T,Rejeh N,Heravi-Karimooi M,Vaismoradi M,Tadrisi SD,Sieloff CL

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To avoid the possible complications of prolonged intubation, it is necessary and advisable to attempt weaning from the tracheostomy tube at the earliest opportunity. However, while weaning protocols have proven successful in reducing ventilation time of critical care patients, there is little evidence of the...

journal_title：Nursing in critical care

authors： Spencer A,Clifford C

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Retaining experienced critical care nurses (CCNs) remains a challenge for health care organizations. Nursing practice environment and resilience are both seen as modifiable factors in ameliorating the impact on CCNs' intention to leave and have not yet been explored in Malaysia. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:To asses...

journal_title：Nursing in critical care

authors： Ying LY,Ramoo V,Ling LW,Nahasaram ST,Lei CP,Leong LK,Danaee M

更新日期：2020-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Factors influential in the occurrence and timing of heart attacks are summarised. Patients' and partners' experiences of heart attack are reviewed. Evidence is presented for the efficacy and effectiveness of cardiac rehabilitation programmes. A three elemental model for cardiac rehabilitation is introduced. Key recomm...

journal_title：Nursing in critical care

authors： Thompson D

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:The aim of this research was to investigate the effect of five selected intensive care nursing interventions on the intracranial pressure (ICP) of moderate to severe traumatic brain-injured children in intensive care. BACKGROUND:The physiological effects of many nursing interventions in paediatric ...

journal_title：Nursing in critical care

authors： Tume LN,Baines PB,Lisboa PJ

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Cardiothoracic Centre Liverpool faced an acute nursing recruitment problem, which is accentuated in the specialist area of intensive care. To ensure that activity through the 20-bedded unit remains broadly in line with contracted levels, a number of initiatives were implemented to help maximise the financial and n...

journal_title：Nursing in critical care

authors： Roberts S,Cleary V

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transfer of information between nurses from emergency departments (EDs) and critical care units is essential to achieve a continuity of effective, individualized and safe patient care. There has been much written in the nursing literature pertaining to the function and process of patient handover in general nursin...

journal_title：Nursing in critical care

authors： McFetridge B,Gillespie M,Goode D,Melby V

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The current literature indicates that intensive care (ICU) patients' sleep quality is generally poor, which is associated with serious physical and psychological consequences. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:To describe the practices nurses use to provide good-quality sleep to adult ICU patients and assess nurses' perc...

journal_title：Nursing in critical care

authors： Lis K,Sak-Dankosky N,Czarkowska-Pączek B

更新日期：2020-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Establishing and sustaining enteral feeding in critically ill children is challenging and has met with many problems. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to investigate (a) how actual calorie intake compared with estimated caloric requirements and (b) whether feeding guideline adherence resulted i...

journal_title：Nursing in critical care

authors： Tume L,Latten L,Darbyshire A

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Co-administration of multiple intravenous (IV) medicines down the same lumen of an IV catheter is often necessary in the intensive care unit (ICU) while ensuring medicine compatibility. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:This study explores ICU nurses' views on the everyday practice surrounding co-administration of multip...

journal_title：Nursing in critical care

authors： Oduyale MS,Patel N,Borthwick M,Claus S

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diaries in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) support patients and relatives during and after a stay on the ICU. Barriers to implementation of the ICU diary are workload, unwanted closeness to patients and lack of time. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:The purpose of the study was to evaluate the time nurses consume writing ...

journal_title：Nursing in critical care

authors： Nydahl P,Bäckman CG,Bereuther J,Thelen M

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Numbers of patients undergoing coronary angiography and angioplasty procedures have increased in England due to targets within the National Service Framework for Coronary Heart Disease. Little evidence is available regarding optimal bed-rest duration for patients post-femoral arterial sheath removal following these pr...

journal_title：Nursing in critical care

authors： Tagney J,Lackie D

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quality of life is a dynamic, multi-dimensional concept, the essence of which is its individuality. In this study quality of life six to 12 months after intensive care was not significantly lower than quality of life prior to intensive care, assessed retrospectively. Family, leisure activities and people were seen as ...

journal_title：Nursing in critical care

authors： Rattray J,Johnston M,Wildsmith JA

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this reflective account is to provide a view of the intensive care unit (ICU) relative's experiences of supporting and being supported in the ICU. BACKGROUND:Understanding the relatives' experiences of ICU is important especially because a recent work has identified the potential for this group to devel...

journal_title：Nursing in critical care

authors： Christensen M,Probst B

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Identification and evaluation of pain in critical care patients may be difficult because of communication problems. Moreover, at present there are very few nursing studies that examine the attitudes of critical care nurses towards the assessment of patients' pain. This study was designed to determine the approach of c...

journal_title：Nursing in critical care

authors： Aslan FE,Badir A,Selimen D

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A primary focus of hospital treatment following admission for subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) is a prevention of cerebral artery vasospasm, which may result in ischaemic stroke. Intraventricular catheter (IVC) insertion to facilitate cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) drainage and intracranial pressure (ICP) monitor...

journal_title：Nursing in critical care

authors： Amato A,Britz GW,James ML,Graffagnino C,Zomorodi AR,Zomorodi ME,Olson DM

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new high dependency unit is established for postoperative cardiac patients, from design to implementation Facilities were incorporated within financial, time and space constraints. Layout and use of space was determined for optimal working conditions and care of the patient. The choice of equipment was a vital part ...

journal_title：Nursing in critical care

authors： Lee S

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Measuring gastric residual volume (GRV) to guide enteral feeding is a common nursing practice in intensive care units, yet little evidence supports this practice. In addition, this practice has been shown to potentially contribute to inadequate energy delivery in intensive care, which remains a problem in cr...

journal_title：Nursing in critical care

authors： Tume LN,Latten L,Kenworthy L

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Critical care consensus groups recommend providing bereavement support; however, little is known about what cardiac intensive care patients' families would find useful and beneficial in their grieving process. AIM AND OBJECTIVES:To describe cardiac intensive care unit (ICU) patients' families' opinions on s...

journal_title：Nursing in critical care

authors： Erikson A,Puntillo K,McAdam J

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00