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1 lut 2017 · An intensive care unit (ICU) is an organized system for the provision of care to critically ill patients that provides intensive and specialized medical and nursing care, an enhanced capacity for monitoring, and multiple modalities of physiologic organ support to sustain life during a period of acute organ system insufficiency.
14 wrz 2024 · To do so, we seek to identify possible associations between risk of mortality adjusted for baseline severity of illness in critically unwell patients treated in intensive care units, current occupancy rates of the respective intensive care units, and current staff workload.
11 cze 2021 · Intensive care units (ICUs) are the “right place,” designed to deliver critical care for mechanically ventilated patients [1]. Despite this, there are still shortages of ICU beds and of hospitals with ICUs, even in advanced economies such as Japan and the United Kingdom [2].
18 maj 2021 · A review of recent peer-reviewed quantitative and qualitative investigations and theoretical essays on critical care built environments can yield insight—particularly now—as the world endeavors to control and eradicate the virulent COVID-19 pandemic.
14 lis 2022 · Method: The qualitative study was conducted in two medical-surgical intensive care units at a university hospital. Data were collected through in-depth interviews with 17 nurses. Giorgi's descriptive phenomenological approach was used to analyze nurses' experiences.
1 kwi 2018 · Modern intensive care medicine requires a multidisciplinary approach to look after critically ill patients. Dedicated critical care units offer a variety of facilities to monitor and support organ functions, allowing diagnosis and treatment of life-threatening conditions in a controlled environment.
11 maj 2020 · To achieve sustainable ICU services, we propose the need to 1) prepare and implement rapid identification and isolation protocols, and a surge in ICU bed capacity; (2) provide a sustainable workforce with a focus on infection control; (3) ensure adequate supplies to equip ICUs and protect healthcare workers; and (4) maintain quality clinical man...
