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Recommendations on the structure, personal, and organization of intensive care units

BackgroundIntensive care units (ICU) are central facilities of medical care in hospitals world-wide and pose a significant financial burden on the health care system.ObjectivesTo provide guidance and recommendations for the requirements of (infra)structure, personal, and organization of intensive ca...

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Main Authors: Waydhas, Christian (Author) , Riessen, Reimer (Author) , Markewitz, Andreas (Author) , Hoffmann, Florian (Author) , Frey, Lorenz (Author) , Böttiger, Bernd W. (Author) , Brenner, Sebastian (Author) , Brenner, Thorsten (Author) , Deffner, Teresa (Author) , Deininger, Matthias M. (Author) , Janssens, Uwe (Author) , Kluge, Stefan (Author) , Marx, Gernot (Author) , Schwab, Stefan (Author) , Unterberg, Andreas (Author) , Walcher, Felix (Author) , Hooven, Thomas van den (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 2023
In: Frontiers in medicine
Year: 2023, Volume: 10, Pages: 1-9
ISSN:2296-858X
DOI:10.3389/fmed.2023.1196060
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Author Notes:Christian Waydhas, Reimer Riessen, Andreas Markewitz, Florian Hoffmann, Lorenz Frey, Bernd W. Böttiger, Sebastian Brenner, Thorsten Brenner, Teresa Deffner, Matthias M. Deininger, Uwe Janssens, Stefan Kluge, Gernot Marx, Stefan Schwab, Andreas W. Unterberg, Felix Walcher and Thomas van den Hooven
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Summary:BackgroundIntensive care units (ICU) are central facilities of medical care in hospitals world-wide and pose a significant financial burden on the health care system.ObjectivesTo provide guidance and recommendations for the requirements of (infra)structure, personal, and organization of intensive care units.Design and settingDevelopment of recommendations based on a systematic literature search and a formal consensus process from a group of multidisciplinary and multiprofessional specialists from the German Interdisciplinary Association of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (DIVI). The grading of the recommendation follows the report from an American College of Chest Physicians Task Force.ResultsThe recommendations cover the fields of a 3-staged level of intensive care units, a 3-staged level of care with respect to severity of illness, qualitative and quantitative requirements of physicians and nurses as well as staffing with physiotherapists, pharmacists, psychologists, palliative medicine and other specialists, all adapted to the 3 levels of ICUs. Furthermore, proposals concerning the equipment and the construction of ICUs are supplied.ConclusionThis document provides a detailed framework for organizing and planning the operation and construction/renovation of ICUs.
Item Description:Veröffentlicht: 07. Juni 2023
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Physical Description:Online Resource
ISSN:2296-858X
DOI:10.3389/fmed.2023.1196060

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