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- noun Plural form of
ICU .
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Examples
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In 2005 it felt like we were spending more time in ICUs and hospital bedrooms than out of them.
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Other studies suggest colonization with MRSA among healthcare workers (HCWs) in high-risk areas such as ICUs and ORs may be as high as 30 percent.
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Other studies suggest colonization with MRSA among healthcare workers (HCWs) in high-risk areas such as ICUs and ORs may be as high as 30 percent.
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Many are in ICUs because they can't communicate and haven't specified the kind of end-of-life care they want.
Critical (Re)thinking Melinda Beck 2011
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About one-third of ICUs in the U.S. operate on the closed system, and debates continue over which is best.
Critical (Re)thinking Melinda Beck 2011
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With rising demand and limited resources, there's a high potential for bottlenecks in many ICUs.
Critical (Re)thinking Melinda Beck 2011
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And all of Montefiore's ICUs—for medical, surgical, neurosurgical and cardiothoracic patients—report to the critical-care department, not individual medical services, facilitating patient flow and minimizing turf wars.
Critical (Re)thinking Melinda Beck 2011
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In its medical and surgical ICUs, the mortality rate fell from 36% in the 1980s to less than 8% in 2004—in part because many terminally ill patients are now offered palliative care elsewhere.
Critical (Re)thinking Melinda Beck 2011
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More join in via video feed from ICUs at Montefiore's two remote campuses.
Critical (Re)thinking Melinda Beck 2011
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Preventing Bottlenecks Many hospitals battle chronic capacity shortages in their ICUs, which are designed to provide constant monitoring and intervention for patients with life-threatening conditions.
Critical (Re)thinking Melinda Beck 2011
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