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intensive care unit

Known as: i c u, Intensive care units, intensive care unit (ICU) 
A health care facility unit that provides intensive care to critically ill patients and patients with complex medical problems who require constant… 
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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
The Structure and Chemical Composition of the Golgi Element
C O N T E N T S . PAGE PART 1. STRUCTURE 2 INTRODUCTION . 2 METHODS . . . . . . . . . . 3 DETAILS OF TECHNIQUE . 10 Vital methods… 
Review
2003
Review
2003
Antibiotic Consumption, Bacterial Resistance and their Correlation in a Swiss University Hospital and its Adult Intensive Care Units
Ecological surveys of high-antibiotic use areas in the hospital should be used to evaluate patterns and trends in order to… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Indications and outcome for intensive care unit admission during puerperium
Abstract Background: A significant decrease of maternal mortality related to improvement in diagnosis and prevention of disorders… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Reducing readmissions to the intensive care unit.
  • S. Russell
  • Heart & lung : the journal of critical care
  • 1999
  • Corpus ID: 3136153
OBJECTIVE To determine factors that contributed to readmissions to the intensive care unit (ICU) from the general wards. DESIGN… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and respiratory failure in AIDS. Improved outcomes and increased use of intensive care units.
To determine whether the outcome of intensive care for patients with AIDS, Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP), and respiratory… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Intensive care units, scarce resources, and conflicting principles of justice
HUMANS often have the aspirations of deities, though never the resources. Intensive care units (ICUs) provide an example of the… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
The behavioral effects of noise on man: the patient with "intensive care unit psychosis".
: Alterations in the behavior of a critically ill patient, commonly referred to as ICU psychosis, may result from the… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Esophageal perforation secondary to alkaline battery ingestion.
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
The Improving Outlook for the Small Prematurely Born Infant
A group of 32 children (20 boys, 12 girls) who weighed less than 1251g at birth and whose gestation was 31 weeks or less was… 
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
The effect of aging and acute illness on delayed hypersensitivity.
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