Intensive Care Units - Organization & administration
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza: experience from the critical care unit.

30 Oct 2009 This case series details experience of critical care admissions with pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza from an intensive care unit in the West Midlands. We present four critically ill patients admitted with severe hypoxia. Two of the patients failed a ... Read more...

An observational cohort study of triage for critical care provision during pandemic influenza: 'clipboard physicians' or 'evidenced based medicine'?

30 Oct 2009 We assessed the impact of a United Kingdom government-recommended triage process, designed to guide the decision to admit patients to intensive care during an influenza pandemic, on patients in a teaching hospital intensive care unit. We found that ... Read more...

Intracortical electroencephalography in acute brain injury.

30 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVE: Continuous electroencephalography (EEG) is used in patients with neurological injury to detect electrographic seizures and clinically important changes in brain function. Scalp EEG has poor spatial resolution, is often contaminated by ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Intensive Care Units - Organization & administration'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza: experience from the critical care unit. 30 Oct 2009
• An observational cohort study of triage for critical care provision during pandemic influenza: 'clipboard physicians' or 'evidenced based medicine'? 30 Oct 2009
• Intracortical electroencephalography in acute brain injury. 30 Aug 2009
• Telemedicine delivers healthy medical and financial benefits to ICUs. 30 Aug 2009
• Data based integration of critical illness and injury patient care from EMS to emergency department to intensive care unit. 30 Jul 2009
• National survey of management of transient ischaemic attack in Australia: take immediate action. 4 Jul 2009
• All ICUs are not created equal: evaluating pilot studies performed in different environments. 29 Jun 2009
• Effects of pharmacist participation in intensive care units on clinical and economic outcomes of critically ill patients with thromboembolic or infarction-related events. 29 Jun 2009
• The structure of critical care transfer networks. 29 Jun 2009
• Evaluation of glycemic control metrics for intensive care unit populations. 7 Jun 2009
• Coordination and continuity of intensive care unit patient care. 30 May 2009
• Uni- and interdisciplinary effects on round and handover content in intensive care units. 30 May 2009
• From 2009 to 2019: what a change! 30 May 2009
• Quality of practice in an intensive care unit (ICU): a mini-ethnographic case study. 30 May 2009
• Leaping to safety in the intensive care unit: ready for export? 30 May 2009
• The effect of implementing high-intensity intensive care unit staffing model on outcome of critically ill oncology patients. 30 May 2009
• [Microbiological service for intensive care units in Hungary] 29 May 2009
• [Nursing index in intensive care unit] 25 May 2009
• Evaluation of a 24-hour emergency bronchoscopy service in a tertiary care hospital. 12 May 2009
• Attitudes to euthanasia in ICUs and other hospital departments. 29 Apr 2009

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Technical information about 'Intensive Care Units'

Definition: Hospital units providing continuous surveillance and care to acutely ill patients.

Descriptor UI: D007362

Alternative terms: Intensive Care Units; Care Unit, Intensive; Care Units, Intensive; Intensive Care Unit; Unit, Intensive Care; Units, Intensive Care;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; organization & administration; standards; supply & distribution; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: N02.278.388.493;

History Note: 66(63)