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Our results demonstrate that mechanically ventilated patients who develop PUs were more likely to have significantly higher blood glucose levels, significantly lower diastolic blood pressure values, and significantly higher serum pH values than were patients who remained free of PUs. Nurses who care for mechanically ventilated patients should recognize these factors and initiate preventive interventions as indicated.

The sedative effects of music on healthy and sick individuals are known for centuries. Nowadays, nursing has used the efficacy of music therapy in interventions. The aim of the study was to determine the effect of music, which the patients undergoing a coronary angiography for the first time listened to during the intraoperative period, on the level of anxiety in the patients. The study was conducted experimentally as a pretest/posttest control group design. Data collection form; state-trait anxiety inventory, CDs and CD player were used. Inventories were applied to the patients before the process. The study group (100 patients) listened to music throughout the intervention, whilst the control group (100 patients) listened to no music. At the end of the process, all patients were given the same state anxiety inventory once more. The data was assessed by number, percentage, mean distribution with the paired t-test and t test. It was found that the difference between the mean state anxiety scores obtained before and during the coronary angiography were significantly higher in the study group (4.04 ± 1.15) than the control group (2.01 ± 0.10) (p = 0.000). It was concluded that the music listened to during the coronary angiography process had an impact on the intraoperative anxiety levels of the patients.

Araştırma koroner arter bypass greft cerrahisi geçiren hastaların yorgunluk durumundaki değişimin incelenmesi amacıyla yapıldı. Yöntem: Tek gruplu ön test/ son test düzende tanımlayıcı olarak yürütülen araştırma, İstanbul Avrupa yakasında özel bir hastanenin kardiyovasküler cerrahi servisinde yapıldı. Örneklemi hastanede son 6 ay içinde koroner arter bypass grefti ameliyatı geçiren 32 hasta oluşturdu. Veriler yapılandırılmış bilgi formu ve Piper Yorgunluk Ölçeği ile toplandı. Preoperatif dönemde uygulanan anket ve ölçek, postoperatif 2.-4. gün ve postoperatif iki ay sonra tekrar uygulandı. Verilerin analizinde sıklık dağılımı, ortalama ve standart sapma değerleri, Mann Whitney U testi, Kruskal Wallis H testi, Wilcoxon İşaretli Sıralar testi, Pearson Korelasyon analizi ve Cronbach Alfa analizi kullanıldı. Bulgular: Piper Yorgunluk ölçeği puan ortalaması preoperatif dönemde 3.71±2.82, postoperatif 2.-4. gün 5.15±2.39; postoperatif ikinci ay 0,03±0,16 bulundu ve aralarında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı fark olduğu saptandı (p<0.01). Gece uykusu 10 saatten fazla olanların postoperatif ikinci ay yorgunluk puanlarının anlamlı derecede yüksek olduğu görüldü (p<0.01). Sonuç: Hastaların preoperatif dönemde orta seviyenin hemen altında seyreden yorgunluk düzeyinin, postoperatif 2.-4. gün dönemde orta seviyenin üzerine çıktığı, postoperatif ikinci ayda yorgunluğun hemen hemen kaybolduğu belirlendi.

SUMMARYObjectivesPoisoning is a crucial public health problem which needs serious approach and response to treatment. In case of poisoning, proper first aid is lifesaving and application should be applied in every condition. This research was conducted in order to evaluate first aid knowledge of university students for poisoning.MethodsThe research was conducted between the dates of May 2013–June 2013 with the permission gained from the University Rectorship. The cohort of the research contained 4,560 students who received education in Istanbul. The sample of the study included 936 students who accepted to participate in the research and attended the school during the research. The data were collected by using a questionnaire form, which had 21 questions prepared by researchers. Analysis of the data was carried out with a percentage evaluation method and chi square tests in a computer environment.ResultsIn our study, 92.6% of students (n=867) knew the phone number of the ambulance in case of emergency. In addition, 57.3% of students (n=536) knew the phone number of the poison hotline, and it was seen that they answered correctly the questions regarding the relation between body system and indications of poisoning. It was determined that the students who received education in medical departments answered the questions correctly more than the students who had education in other departments. (p≤0.001, p≤0.01).ConclusionsIt was observed that the university students in medical departments had more first aid knowledge on poisoning cases compared to the students in other departments who did not have sufficient information regarding these issues. It is thought that first aid education in all departments of universities, both poisoning and other first aid issues, should be conveyed to all students.