Dengue viral infections affect all age groups and produce a spectrum of clinical illness that ranges from asymptomatic to severe and occasionally fatal disease. Severe dengue characterized by plasma leakage, hemoconcentration, and hemostatic disorder. The aim of this study was to know the characteristic of severe dengue patients admitted to Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) Dr. Hasan Sadikin…
Sleep is very important to intensive patients in critical area because sleep disturbance could reduce energy significantly. The ain of this study was todescribe the perception of patients and nurses regarding sleep in the critical setting. This study was conducted in Intensive Care Unit of Kariadi Hospital, Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia. Purposive sampling technic was applied to gain data f…
Animia is frequently emcountered eritically-ill patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). Anemia may occur both at the time of admission, during treatment and and after discharge from the ICU. The causes are multifactorial and include acute blood loss, blood loss from diagnostic testing and blunted red blood cell production. Blood transfusions are frequenstic given to patients in the ICU to tr…