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Investigating the Functional Barriers of Intensive Care Units (ICU): From the Perspective of Nurses - Softcover

Mokhtarpour Dehkordi, Azadeh; Sadeghi, Zahra; Mohamadi, Mohsen

 
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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 of a hospital or health care facility that provides intensive care medicine. Intensive care units cater to patients with severe or life-threatening illnesses and injuries, which require constant care, close supervision from life support equipment and medication in order to ensure normal bodily functions. They are staffed by highly trained physicians, nurses and respiratory therapists who specialize in caring for critically ill patients. ICUs are also distinguished from general hospital wards by a higher staff-to-patient ratio and access to advanced medical resources and equipment that is not routinely available elsewhere. Common conditions that are treated within ICUs include acute respiratory distress syndrome, septic shock, and other life-threatening conditions. Patients may be referred directly from an emergency department or from a ward if they rapidly deteriorate, or immediately after surgery if the surgery is very invasive and the patient is at high risk of complications.

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Azadeh Mokhtarpour DehkordiBachelor of Nursing, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Zahra SadeghiBSc in Anesthesiology at Kashan Medical University, Iran Mohsen MohamadiMaster of Intensive Care Nursing, Shahrekord Univer sity of Medical Sciences, Iran

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