Recommendations on the structure, personal, and organization of intensive care units
Waydhas C, Riessen R, Markewitz A, Hoffmann F, Frey L, Böttiger BW, Brenner S, Brenner T, Deffner T, Deininger MM, Janssens U, Kluge S, Marx G, Schwab S, Unterberg AW, Walcher F, van den Hooven T (2023)
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2023
Journal
Book Volume: 10
Article Number: 1196060
DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2023.1196060
Abstract
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.
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Universitätsklinikum Essen
Germany (DE)
Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
Germany (DE)
Deutsche Interdisziplinäre Vereinigung für Intensiv- und Notfallmedizin e. V. (DIVI)
Germany (DE)
Klinikum der Universität München
Germany (DE)
MMI Munich Medical International GmbH
Germany (DE)
Universitätsklinikum Köln
Germany (DE)
Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus Dresden
Germany (DE)
Universitätsklinikum Jena
Germany (DE)
Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule (RWTH) Aachen
Germany (DE)
St.-Antonius-Hospital Eschweiler
Germany (DE)
Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE)
Germany (DE)
Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg
Germany (DE)
Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg
Germany (DE)
Universitätsklinikum Münster
Germany (DE)
Germany (DE)
Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
Germany (DE)
Deutsche Interdisziplinäre Vereinigung für Intensiv- und Notfallmedizin e. V. (DIVI)
Germany (DE)
Klinikum der Universität München
Germany (DE)
MMI Munich Medical International GmbH
Germany (DE)
Universitätsklinikum Köln
Germany (DE)
Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus Dresden
Germany (DE)
Universitätsklinikum Jena
Germany (DE)
Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule (RWTH) Aachen
Germany (DE)
St.-Antonius-Hospital Eschweiler
Germany (DE)
Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE)
Germany (DE)
Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg
Germany (DE)
Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg
Germany (DE)
Universitätsklinikum Münster
Germany (DE)
How to cite
APA:
Waydhas, C., Riessen, R., Markewitz, A., Hoffmann, F., Frey, L., Böttiger, B.W.,... van den Hooven, T. (2023). Recommendations on the structure, personal, and organization of intensive care units. Frontiers in Medicine, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2023.1196060
MLA:
Waydhas, Christian, et al. "Recommendations on the structure, personal, and organization of intensive care units." Frontiers in Medicine 10 (2023).
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