scholarly journals Optimizing patient centered care in the cardiac intensive care unit: Harness the safety, effectiveness, and incremental value of radionuclide perfusion, function, and molecular imaging

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter A. Bleszynski ◽  
Ronald G. Schwartz
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Molecular Imaging ◽  
Patient Centered Care ◽  
Patient Centered ◽  
Cardiac Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Incremental Value ◽  
Centered Care ◽  
Cardiac Intensive Care ◽  
Safety Effectiveness

scholarly journals Communication by Nurses in the Intensive Care Unit: Qualitative Analysis of Domains of Patient-Centered Care

2012 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. 410-418 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. G. Slatore ◽  
L. Hansen ◽  
L. Ganzini ◽  
N. Press ◽  
M. L. Osborne ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Patient Centered Care ◽  
Patient Centered ◽  
Centered Care

Extending the radius of family-centered care in the pediatric cardiac intensive care unit through virtual rounding

2021 ◽  
Vol Publish Ahead of Print ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Tallent ◽  
Jennifer L. Turi ◽  
Julie Thompson ◽  
Veerajalandhar Allareddy ◽  
Rémi Hueckel
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Family Centered Care ◽  
Cardiac Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Centered Care ◽  
Cardiac Intensive Care ◽  
Family Centered

Role of Sildenafil in the Treatment of Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of Newborn (PPHN) - Should it Be Withdrawn from Market of Bangladesh due to Threat of being Misuses

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 100-104
Author(s):  
Maksudur Rahman ◽  
Mohammad Abdullah Al Mamun ◽  
MAK Azad Chowdhury ◽  
Abu Sayeed Munsi
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cardiac Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Cardiac Intensive Care ◽  
Hospital Protocol

Background: Recently it has been apprehended that sildenafil, a drug which has been successfully using in the treatment of PPHN and erectile dysfunction in adult, is going to be withdrawn from the market of Bangladesh due to threat of its misuses. Objective: The aim of this study was to see the extent of uses of sildenafil in the treatment of PPHN and importance of availability of this drugs in the market inspite of its probable misuses. Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), special baby care unit (SCABU) and cardiac intensive care unit (CICU) of Dhaka Shishu (Children) Hospital from June, 2017 to May 2018. Neonates with PPHN were enrolled in the study. All cases were treated with oral sildenefil for PPHN along with others management according to hospital protocol. Data along with other parameters were collected and analyzed. Results: Total 320 patients with suspected PPHN were admitted during the study period. Among them 92 (29%) cases had PPHN. Male were 49(53 %) cases and female were 43(47%) cases. Mean age at hospital admission was 29.7±13.4 hours. Based on echocardiography,13(14%) cases had mild, 38 (41%) cases moderate and 41(45%) cases severe PPHN. Mean duration of sildenafil therapy was 11.9±7.1 days. Improved from PPHN were 83 (90%) cases. Mortality was 10% (9). Conclusion: In this study it was found that the incidence of PPHN is 29% among the suspected newborns. Sildenafil is successfull in improving the oxygenation of PPHN and to decrease the mortality of neonates. DS (Child) H J 2019; 35(2) : 100-104

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