Association Between Acute Pain and Hemodynamic Parameters in a Postoperative Surgical Intensive Care Unit.

I conducted a prospective repeated-measure study in the general surgery intensive care unit to investigate the associations among acute postoperative pain, analgesic therapy, and hemodynamic parameters. I selected 33 patients and recorded 84 episodes of pain. I measured intensity of pain and hemodynamic parameters after patients were transferred from the postanesthesia care unit to the general surgery intensive care unit, immediately before analgesic therapy and at 15, 30, and 45 minutes after analgesic therapy.

Psychometric Evaluation of the Sex After Myocardial Infarction Knowledge Test in Iranian Context.

Purpose: To translate, adapt, and assess the psychometric properties of the Sex After MI Knowledge Test in Iranian context (where MI is myocardial infarction).

Design And Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive survey was performed. The sample comprised 250 patients with MI.

The Effect of Testicular Self-Examination Education on Knowledge, Performance, and Health Beliefs of Turkish Men.

Testicular cancer is the most common cancer among young adult men and easily detected at an early stage by periodic testicular self-examination (TSE); however, health care providers seldom teach TSE, thus opportunities for early detection are missed. We aimed to evaluate the efficacy of TSE education on the knowledge, performance, and health beliefs of Turkish young men. This quasi-experimental follow-up research was conducted on 174 male Health Science university students in Turkey.

Gender differences in symptom predictors associated with acute coronary syndrome: A prospective observational study.

Signs and symptoms (typical and atypical symptoms) of acute coronary syndromes (ACS) differ between men and women. Identification of gender differences has implications for both health care providers and the general public. The aim of this study was to determine the symptom predictors of the acute coronary syndromes in men and women.

Effects of fever on haemodynamic parameters in neurosurgical intensive care unit patients.

Objective: To investigate the effects of fever on the haemodynamic parameters (pulse rate, arterial oxygen saturation, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure and mean arterial blood pressure) of patients in a neurosurgical intensive care unit.

Design: A prospective, repeated-measures study.

Methods: This study was performed in the neurosurgical intensive care unit of a University Hospital in the West of Turkey.

Effects of peripheral cold application on core body temperature and haemodynamic parameters in febrile patients.

This study designed to assess the effects of peripheral cold application (PCA) on core body temperature and haemodynamic parameters in febrile patients. This study was an experimental, repeated-measures performed in the neurosurgical intensive-care unit. The research sample included all patients with fever in postoperative period.