Recommendations on the structure, personal, and organization of intensive care units
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Recommendations on the structure, personal, and organization of intensive care units. / Waydhas, Christian; Riessen, Reimer; Markewitz, Andreas; Hoffmann, Florian; Frey, Lorenz; Böttiger, Bernd W; Brenner, Sebastian; Brenner, Thorsten; Deffner, Teresa; Deininger, Matthias M; Janssens, Uwe; Kluge, Stefan; Marx, Gernot; Schwab, Stefan; Unterberg, Andreas W; Walcher, Felix; van den Hooven, Thomas.
In: FRONT MED-LAUSANNE, Vol. 10, 2023, p. 1196060.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Review article › Research
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T1 - Recommendations on the structure, personal, and organization of intensive care units
AU - Waydhas, Christian
AU - Riessen, Reimer
AU - Markewitz, Andreas
AU - Hoffmann, Florian
AU - Frey, Lorenz
AU - Böttiger, Bernd W
AU - Brenner, Sebastian
AU - Brenner, Thorsten
AU - Deffner, Teresa
AU - Deininger, Matthias M
AU - Janssens, Uwe
AU - Kluge, Stefan
AU - Marx, Gernot
AU - Schwab, Stefan
AU - Unterberg, Andreas W
AU - Walcher, Felix
AU - van den Hooven, Thomas
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - BACKGROUND: Intensive care units (ICU) are central facilities of medical care in hospitals world-wide and pose a significant financial burden on the health care system.OBJECTIVES: To provide guidance and recommendations for the requirements of (infra)structure, personal, and organization of intensive care units.DESIGN AND SETTING: Development 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.RESULTS: The 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.CONCLUSION: This document provides a detailed framework for organizing and planning the operation and construction/renovation of ICUs.
AB - BACKGROUND: Intensive care units (ICU) are central facilities of medical care in hospitals world-wide and pose a significant financial burden on the health care system.OBJECTIVES: To provide guidance and recommendations for the requirements of (infra)structure, personal, and organization of intensive care units.DESIGN AND SETTING: Development 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.RESULTS: The 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.CONCLUSION: This document provides a detailed framework for organizing and planning the operation and construction/renovation of ICUs.
U2 - 10.3389/fmed.2023.1196060
DO - 10.3389/fmed.2023.1196060
M3 - SCORING: Review article
C2 - 37425314
VL - 10
SP - 1196060
JO - FRONT MED-LAUSANNE
JF - FRONT MED-LAUSANNE
SN - 2296-858X
ER -