medical intensive care unit (MICU)
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Complications
- 10% of patients experience preventable adverse events[1]
Management
- early physical therapy & occupational therapy improves outcomes among mechanically ventilated ICU patients[2]
Notes
- black persons admitted to MICU for heart failure are less likely to be seen by cardiologist than white persons, even with health insurance[3]
More general terms
References
- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 Rothschild JM, Landrigan CP, Cronin JW, Kaushal R, Lockley SW, Burdick E, Stone PH, Lilly CM, Katz JT, Czeisler CA, Bates DW. The Critical Care Safety Study: The incidence and nature of adverse events and serious medical errors in intensive care. Crit Care Med. 2005 Aug;33(8):1694-700. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16096443
- ↑ Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 Schweickert WD et al Early physical and occupational therapy in mechanically ventilated, critically ill patients: a randomised controlled trial Lancet, Early Online Publication, 14 May 2009 doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60658-9 <PubMed> PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19446324 <Internet> http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(09)60658-9/fulltext
- ↑ Jump up to: 3.0 3.1 Breathett K, Liu WG, Allen LA et al. African Americans are less likely to receive care by a cardiologist during an intensive care unit admission for heart failure. JACC Heart Fail. 2018 May;6(5):413-420. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29724363
Pina IL. If it is not health care access or insurance coverage, then why do racial disparities persist? JACC Heart Fail 2018 May; 6:421. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29724364