Publications by authors named "Nadia Bouaziz"
The increased use of antibiotics worldwide turned into a serious preoccupation due to their environmental and health impacts. Since the majority of antibiotic residuals are hardly eliminated from wastewater, based on usual methods, other treatments receive considerable attention. Adsorption is known as the most effective method of the treatment of antibiotics.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: to evaluate the current rate of pulmonary embolism (PE) in our medico-surgical intensive care unit (ICU), to identify risk factors, and to determine the outcome of PE in ICU.
Methods: We performed a prospective cohort study of consecutive patients requiring intensive care admission during a one-year period. We included, in this prospective study, all the patients with confirmed PE admitted in ICU with more than 18 years of age, and expected to stay in ICU for more than 48 hours.
Introduction: A study was conducted in the oncology wards of an Algerian university hospital in order to analyse cytostatic handling conditions. Materials and methods: Working conditions were evaluated in 2014 and then re-evaluated after opening of the cancer centre in 2015, using validated tools: professional questionnaire, ward monograph support and oncology ward audit support. The results were compared to clinical practice guidelines and oncology wards were classified according to the percentage compliance: non-compliance (< 69%), partial compliance (70-79%), substantial compliance (80-94%) and high compliance (95-100%).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: Our aim was to evaluate the indications and contribution of liver biopsy (LB) in intensive care (ICU) and to compare them to those of LB in gastroenterology.
Methods: We included retrospectively 37 successive LB achieved in ICU and 38 successive LB achieved in gastroenterology. All data were reviewed by three intensivists and three gastroenterologists to determine the contribution of the LB.