The starting temperature of high-flow nasal cannula and perceived comfort in critically ill patients: A pragmatic randomized controlled trial.

Background: High-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) therapy is a non-invasive respiratory treatment characterized by high tolerability, which largely derives from the patient's comfort.

Aim: The primary aim of this study was to explore whether the patient's perceived comfort was the same regardless of different approaches used to reach the target humidification temperature. The secondary aim was to assess the patient's perceived nasal dryness and humidity.

Hospital-acquired skin lesions in the neonatal intensive care unit: A retrospective analysis of temporal trends and quality improvement strategies.

Purpose: Skin lesions in neonatal population are an emerging problem deserving attention from health care professionals. The purpose of this study is to retrospectively assess the incidence of hospital-acquired skin lesions during a 6-year period and to describe the characteristics of infants who developed them.

Design And Methods: This was a retrospective observational study conducted in a university-tertiary care center between 2015 and 2020.

Pressure ulcers after prone positioning in patients undergoing extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: A cross-sectional study.

Background: The combination of prone positioning and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is recognized as safe but its use has been limited due to potential complications.

Aim: To report the prevalence of pressure ulcers and other complications due to prone positioning in adult patients receiving veno-venous ECMO.

Study Design: This cross-sectional study was conducted in a tertiary level intensive care unit (ICU) in Milan (Italy), between January 2015 and December 2019.

The end of life of patients with COVID-19 in intensive care unit and the stress level on their family members: A cross-sectional study.

Background: During the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, hospital visits were suspended and video calls were offered to connect patients with their family members, especially toward the end of life (EoL).

Aim: The primary aim was to describe EoL care for COVID-19 patients dying in an intensive care unit (ICU). The secondary aim was to explore whether making video calls and allowing visits was associated with lower death-related stress in family members.

Muscle strength and functional outcome after prone positioning in COVID-19 ICU survivors.

Objective: To evaluate the muscle strength and functional level of patients discharged from intensive care unit (ICU) in relation to the swimmer position as a nurse intervention during pronation.

Methods: Prospective study conducted in the hub COVID-19 center in Milan (Italy), between March and June 2020. All patients with COVID-19 discharged alive from ICU who received invasive mechanical ventilation were included.

Intensive care unit diaries to help bereaved family members in their grieving process: a systematic review.

Background: Intensive care unit diaries are often used to support patients during their psychological recovery. The intensive care unit stay can be upsetting, disturbing and traumatic for both patients and their families especially when the patient does not survive.

Aim: To investigate the connection between intensive care unit diaries and the grieving process experienced by family members of adult patients deceased in the intensive care unit.

Complications of prone positioning in patients with COVID-19: A cross-sectional study.

Objective: To determine the prevalence of complications in patients with COVID-19 undergone prone positioning, focusing on the development of prone-related pressure ulcers.

Methods: Cross-sectional study conducted in the hub COVID-19 centre in Milan (Italy), between March and June 2020. All patients with COVID-19 admitted to intensive care unit on invasive mechanical ventilation and treated with prone positioning were included.

Nursing Management of Prone Positioning in Patients With COVID-19.

Background: At the height of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, Italy had the highest number of deaths in Europe; most occurred in the Lombardy region. Up to 4% of patients with COVID-19 required admission to an intensive care unit because they developed a critical illness (eg, acute respiratory distress syndrome). Numerous patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome who had been admitted to the intensive care unit required rescue therapy like prone positioning.

Validation and Analysis of the European Quality Questionnaire in Italian Language.

The European Quality Questionnaire (euroQ2) is the culturally-adapted version to the European context of the Family Satisfaction in Intensive Care Unit (FS-ICU) and Quality of Dying and Death (QODD) tools in a single instrument divided into three parts (the last is optional). These tools were created for an adult setting. The aim of this study was the Italian validation and analysis of the euroQ2 tool.

The Medical Emergency Team in Italy: an overview of in-hospital emergencies response.

Background And Aim: Medical Emergency Team (MET), implemented in many hospitals worldwide, aims to improve the safety of in-hospital patients whose condition is deteriorating. This study describes MET presence and organization in the Italian National Healthcare System Hospitals.

Methods: A national survey with an online questionnaire was performed.

Accidental removal of devices in intensive care unit: An eight-year observational study.

Background: In the intensive care unit, invasive devices can be accidentally removed by the patient or by the operators, increasing workload, staff stress level and hospitalisation costs.

Objective: to know the incidence of accidental removal of devices in critical patients, to identify their cause, when they occur and if they are repositioned.

Methods: Retrospective observational study carried out in an academic, tertiary-level critical care department composed of three intensive care units.

Microbiological colonization of healthcare workers' mobile phones in a tertiary-level Italian intensive care unit.

Background: Careful hand hygiene of healthcare workers is recommended to reduce transmission of pathogenic microorganisms to patients. Mobile phones are commonly used during work shifts and may act as vehicles of pathogens.

Objective: To assess the colonizsation rate of intensive care unit healthcare workers' mobile phones before and after work shifts.

Impact of flow and temperature on patient comfort during respiratory support by high-flow nasal cannula.

Background: The high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) delivers up to 60 l/min of humidified air/oxygen blend at a temperature close to that of the human body. In this study, we tested whether higher temperature and flow decrease patient comfort. In more severe patients, instead, we hypothesized that higher flow might be associated with improved comfort.

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Introduction: Delirium is a disorder of the state of consciousness characterized by acute onset and temporal variability of cognitive abilities.