Background: Virtual reality (VR)-based simulation in hospital settings facilitates the
acquisition of skills without compromising patient safety. Despite regular text-based training …

Providing critical nursing care for conscious mechanically ventilated patients is mediated via
effective communication. This study aimed to identify and map the antecedents, attributes …

Introduction Hyperinflation is a common procedure to clear secretion, increase lung
compliance and enhance oxygenation in mechanically ventilated patients. Hyperinflation …

Background Trauma registries are a crucial component of trauma systems, as they could be
utilized to perform a benchmarking of quality of care and enable research in a critical but …

Purpose This study investigated current practices of mechanical ventilation in Asian
intensive care units, focusing on tidal volume, plateau pressure, and positive end-expiratory …

Background Elderly bedridden patients with dementia (EBRPD) are a growing segment of
the population. We aimed to describe acute care hospitalization of EBRPD in internal …

Background Patients admitted to internal medicine may be moved to more advanced-care
settings when their condition deteriorates. In these advanced care settings, there may be …

SUMMARY OBJECTIVE: To determine if there are significant differences between the
tutorial, simulation, or clinical-case-based discussion teaching methods regarding the …

The number of patients on ventilators is rapidly increasing owing to the coronavirus
pandemic. The previously developed Questionnaire for the Reflective Practice of Nursing …

Background: Palliative extubation (PE) is the cessation of mechanical ventilation (MV)
during terminal illness. Although PE is widely practiced in many countries, it remains illegal …