The need for critical care services is increasing in Chile. Critical care beds and specialists in this area are scarce. In this article we discuss some aspects that hamper the care of critically ill patients from their ...

Purpose: Explore what spiritual care means to nurses who work in emergency care units. Design and Method: Nine nursing professionals from an emergency care unit at a private health institution affiliated with the Universidad ...

Objective: to know the perception of nurses and physicians regarding the medical care provided in people with hemato-oncological diseases attended in an emergency unit and the emergence of a general hospital. Method: ...

Objective: to understand nurse technicians' experience with caring for the death of terminal patients in ICUs and to configure a theoretical model. Method: qualitative study with theoretical saturation when analyzing the ...

Premature infants are usually referred to a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and experience their initial development in this context. This environment has assistive technology that can assure its survival, but, paradoxically, ...

Aim: Identification of critically ill children upon presentation to the emergency department (ED) is challenging, especially when resources are limited. The objective of this study was to identify ED risk factors associated ...