Articles: intensive-care-units.
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Pain in neonates has only recently become the focus of clinical and research attention. Measurement of pain in this population presents special problems. ⋯ Nurses used similar classes of behavior to indicate pain, but varied somewhat in the specific behavioral indicators for different levels of pain. A very wide range of sources of pain was identified.
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J. Clin. Microbiol. · Dec 1989
Prospective survey of colonization and infection caused by expanded-spectrum-beta-lactamase-producing members of the family Enterobacteriaceae in an intensive care unit.
The occurrence of expanded-spectrum-beta-lactamase-producing strains was prospectively studied in 56 patients in an intensive care unit. Ten patients were infected or colonized; some of these patients had asymptomatic intestinal colonization. Four different expanded-spectrum beta-lactamases were identified and used as epidemiological markers to survey nosocomial infections.
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A retrospective analysis of the deaths in the Bangour Burn Unit over a 10-year period is given. Factors involved include the age of the patient and the percentage area of the burn, but concomitant medical conditions are of importance. Smoke inhalation represents a significant additional risk.