Early mobilisation in Windhoek intensive care units: Practices, attitudes and barriers by Ilse du Plessis, Savarna Francis, Brenda Morrow

“…Background: Early mobilisation (EM) of critically ill patients in intensive care units (ICUs) has gained significant attention because of its potential to improve patient outcomes. …”
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Frequency and Intensive Care Related Risk Factors of Pneumothorax in Ventilated Neonates by Ramesh Bhat Yellanthoor, Vidya Ramdas

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Characterization and Outcome of Two Pediatric Intensive Care Units with Different Resources by Rania G. Abdelatif, Montaser M. Mohammed, Ramadan A. Mahmoud, Mohamed A. M. Bakheet, Masafumi Gima, Satoshi Nakagawa

“…Background. The pediatric intensive care units (PICUs) in developing countries have a higher mortality outcome due to a wide variety of causes. …”
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The Acute Effect of Chlorpromazine on Body Temperature in Intensive Care Unit Patients by Ates Duman, Mehmet Ali Baş, Faruk Çiçekci, Jale Bengi Çelik, Bülent Devrim Akçay, Muhammed Emin Zora, Ömür İlban

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A Nomogram for Predicting Physical Restraint of Patients in Intensive Care Unit by Yun Wang, Ying Liu, Ya-Li Tian, Su-Lian Gu

“…Despite its ethical implications, physical restraint (PR) is widely used in the intensive care unit (ICU) to guarantee the safety of patients. …”
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Transitions in intensive care: Investigating critical slowing down post extubation. by Lucinda Khalil, Sandip V George, Katherine L Brown, Samiran Ray, Simon Arridge

“…In this study, we analysed paediatric patients in intensive care for whom mechanical ventilation was discontinued through removal of the endotracheal tube (extubation). …”
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Determinant domain in prognosis evaluation of the septic patient in the intensive care unit. by Alexis Díaz Mesa, Rubén Bembibre Taboada, Alexis Suárez del Villar Labastida, Dagmaris Losa Pérez

“…<br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> To evaluate important clinical, paraclinical and some others supremacies in a continuous form in the attention of septic patients in our intensive care units is a great help in the evolution, and the establishment of the prognosis in our patient making such an inference by measures made at the 5th day of the assessment. …”
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Concentration of Particulate Matter and Air Humidity in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit by Pasaribu Hotber Edwin Rolan, Afandi Dedi, Hamidy Yulis

“…The quality of indoor air is partly determined by the levels of PM2.5 (particles with an aerodynamic diameter ≤2.5μ m) and PM10 (particles with an aerodynamic diameter d ≤10 μm) and humidity. The Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) is a space that must maintain high air quality because it is continuously occupied by pediatric patients and healthcare personnel 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. …”
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Impact of nutritional screening on mortality and intensive care unit length of stay by Blanca Cecilia Díaz Chavarro, Blanca Cecilia Díaz Chavarro, Manuel Romero-Saldaña, Manuel Romero-Saldaña, Jorge Karim Assis Reveiz, Guillermo Molina-Recio, Guillermo Molina-Recio

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Survey of Oxygen Delivery Practices in UK Paediatric Intensive Care Units by Sainath Raman, Samiran Ray, Mark J. Peters

“…Administration of supplemental oxygen is common in paediatric intensive care. We explored the current practice of oxygen administration using a case vignette in paediatric intensive care units (PICU) in the united kingdom. …”
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End-of-life decisions and palliative care in surgical intensive care units by Polona Gams, Anja Kramarič Lozar, Primož Gradišek, Maja Šoštarič

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Meralgia Paresthetica after Prone Positioning Ventilation in the Intensive Care Unit by Christian Svendsen Juhl, Martin Ballegaard, Morten H. Bestle, Peer Tfelt-Hansen

“…We present a case of a patient with acute respiratory distress induced by Legionella pneumonia who was admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) for mechanical ventilation. …”
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Needs for improvement in patient safety, perceived by pediatric intensive care professionals by Mirelys Sarduy Lugo, Yuliett Mora Pérez, Magny Martín Hernández, Anabel Sarduy Lugo, Yuleidy Fernández Rodríguez, Niurka de la Torre Cuellar

“…Background: improvement in patient safety is an essential element to improve the safety culture and quality of care in pediatric intensive care units. Objective: to analyze the perception that professionals linked to a pediatric intensive care unit have about the need to improve patient safety. …”
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A bibliometric analysis on delirium in intensive care unit from 2013–2023 by Xin Ma, Qingya Wu, Yue Ran, Xueqin Cao, Hua Zheng, Hua Zheng

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Tracheostomy Practice in the Italian Intensive Care Units: A Point-Prevalence Survey by Raffaele Merola, Maria Vargas, Filippo Sanfilippo, Marco Vergano, Giovanni Mistraletti, Luigi Vetrugno, Gennaro De Pascale, Elena Giovanna Bignami, Giuseppe Servillo, Denise Battaglini

Subjects: “…intensive care unit (ICU)…”
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Factors influencing the determination of dosing weight in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) by Cassandra R. Montoya, Janine Y. Khan, Delphine Nelson, Gustave Falciglia

“…Abstract The objective of this study is to describe the properties of dosing weight in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Infants were identified from a database of very low birth weight infants. …”
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Optimal endotracheal cuff pressure in the intensive care setting: A pilot study by Ananya Shree Poral, Shemin Kovammal, Rajarajeswari Nalamate, Mary Kurien, Kurien Thomas

“…Materials and Methods: A prospective, observational study was conducted in adult patients requiring positive pressure ventilation in the medical intensive care unit (ICU). Two investigators independently assessed MOC and MLK twice on days 2 and 3 of intubation. …”
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Outcomes and predictors of unplanned intensive care unit admission for pediatric trauma patients by Tyler Liang, MD, Areg Grigorian, MD, Robert Painter, MD, James Jeng, MD, Theresa Chin, MD, Laura F. Goodman, MD MPH, Yigit S. Guner, MD, Catherine Kuza, MD, Jeffry Nahmias, MD MHPE

Subjects: “…Unplanned intensive care unit admissions…”
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Structuring and restructuring COVID-19 Intensive Care Units: a systematic review by Luis Fernando Reis Macedo, Kenya Waléria de Siqueira Coelho Lisboa, Thais Rodrigues de Albuquerque, Alexandre Pazetto Balsanelli, Sarah De Lima Pinto, Izabel Cristina Santiago Lemos de Beltrão, Gyllyandeson de Araujo Delmondes

“…Background and Objectives: the COVID-19 pandemic imposed restructuring and reorganization in healthcare services, particularly in Intensive Care Units (ICUs), due to the increased demand for hospital care for the thousands of severe cases of the disease. …”
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Nurses’ Knowledge Regarding FoodDrug Interaction in the Intensive Care and Emergency Hospitals by Samir Y Lafi, Aram Salih Mohammed Amin Kamali, Bayan Omar Sharif

Subjects: “…Food-Drug Interaction, knowledge, Intensive Care Unit, Shar and Emergency Hospitals…”
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