ICU is the acronym for Intensive care unit or Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of a hospital.
Normally, ICUs are equipped with a continuous monitoring system, which assists patients in a potentially serious condition or with decompensation of one or more organ systems.
In these cases, intensive treatment would be the only solution for the patient to have the ability to recover.
The ICU emerged from the need to offer greater support to acutely ill patients, it is a reserved and unique environment in the hospital environment that offers 24-hour monitoring and surveillance.
There are several diseases and cases that can lead a patient to go to the ICU, but they are usually heart diseases, such as heart attack, respiratory diseases, cerebral complications such as a stroke (cerebrovascular accident) or hypotension arterial.
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Usually, the ICU is made up of several professionals, an interdisciplinary team, consisting of doctors, nurses, pharmacists, physiotherapists, nutritionists, psychologists and assistants social.
ICU and CTI
The ICU and the CTI - Treatment and Intensive Care Center – are considered synonymous because they basically have the same function and structure.
However, it is believed that the ICU is responsible for supporting patients in more severe situations than in the ICU.
Learn more about the meaning of CTI.