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    An intensive care unit (ICU), also known as an intensive therapy unit or intensive treatment unit (ITU) or critical care unit (CCU), is a special department...
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    neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), also known as an intensive care nursery (ICN), is an intensive care unit (ICU) specializing in the care of ill or...
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    pediatric intensive care unit (also paediatric), usually abbreviated to PICU (/ˈpɪkjuː/), is an area within a hospital specializing in the care of critically...
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    They usually work together in intensive care units (ICUs) within a hospital. Patients are admitted to the intensive care unit if their medical needs are...
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  • Psychiatric Intensive Care Units or PICUs are specialist twenty-four hour inpatient wards that provide intensive assessment and comprehensive treatment...
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    A coronary care unit (CCU) or cardiac intensive care unit (CICU) is a hospital ward specialized in the care of patients with heart attacks, unstable angina...
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  • Geriatric intensive care unit is a special intensive care unit dedicated to management of critically ill elderly. Geriatric intensive care units began because...
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  • A high-dependency unit is an area in a hospital, usually located close to the intensive care unit, where patients can be cared for more extensively than...
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    intensive care units, surgical intensive care units, trauma intensive care units, coronary care units, cardiothoracic intensive care units, burns unit, paediatrics...
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    critically ill or injured people on mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit. The rationale for its short-term use was due to concerns over withdrawal...
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    SOFA score (category Diagnostic intensive care medicine)
    score, is used to track a person's status during the stay in an intensive care unit (ICU) to determine the extent of a person's organ function or rate...
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    Post-intensive care syndrome (PICS) describes a collection of health disorders that are common among patients who survive critical illness and intensive care...
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  • critical care doctor, is a medical practitioner who specializes in the care of critically ill patients, most often in the intensive care unit (ICU). Intensivists...
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    pediatric trauma center. Its regional pediatric intensive-care unit and neonatal intensive care units serve the entire Midwest region. In addition, Riley...
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    management of trauma, and intensive care. Respiratory therapists initiate and manage life support for people in intensive care units and emergency departments...
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    of anesthesia care in the operating room, including fields such as providing pre-hospital emergency medicine, running intensive care units, transporting...
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    polio. Dr. Bjørn Aage Ibsen, a physician in Denmark, "birthed the intensive care unit", when he used tracheostomy and positive pressure manual ventilation...
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    mask. Ventilators are chiefly used in intensive-care medicine, home care, and emergency medicine (as standalone units) and in anesthesiology (as a component...
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    intensive care units practice kangaroo care. One survey found that 82% of neonatal intensive care units use kangaroo care in the US. In kangaroo care...
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    Nenov V, Nuwer MR (January 1999). "Continuous EEG monitoring in the intensive care unit: early findings and clinical efficacy". Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology...
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  • Intensive Care is the sixth studio album by English singer-songwriter Robbie Williams, released on 24 October 2005 in the United Kingdom. It was produced...
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  • effects of thyroid hormone. Patients often require admission to the intensive care unit. As a life-threatening medical emergency, thyroid storm has a mortality...
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  • Identify the place of treatment (tertiary versus local hospital, intensive care unit, home, hospice, etc.). Anticipate symptoms based on the typical disease...
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  • Anesthesiologist Anesthetic technician Intensive care unit Nurse anesthetist Operating department practitioner "Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) | Renaissance School...
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  • neonatal intensive care units (NICU), early intervention, schools, and outpatient services. Areas of emerging practice include primary care and community-based...
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    hours of operation. A sixth unit is stationed in Garfield is a hybrid ALS unit and Specialty Care Transport Unit. That unit is in a specially equipped...
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  • sub-specialists and when sophisticated intensive care facilities are required. Some examples of tertiary referral center care are: Head and neck oncology Perinatology...
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    practices, and development of specialized units for neonatal intensive care. Around the mid-19th century, the care of newborns was in its infancy and was...
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    including a Coronary Care Unit, an Intensive Care Unit, a Special Care Nursery, High Dependency Wards, and a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. For a full list...
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  • Unit, Lagos university teaching hospital (luth), Lagos, Nigeria". LSTM. Retrieved 7 July 2021. Sodipo, J.O (1975). "Experience with an intensive care...
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