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  2. Aldrete's scoring system - Wikipedia

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    The following criteria also exist: [4] White in 1999 proposed "fast-track criteria" to determine if patients can be transferred straight from theatre to Phase II recovery. He proposes a minimum overall score of 12 with no score <1 in any category. He includes consciousness, activity, circulation, respiration, oxygen saturations, pain and emesis.

  3. Pediatric intensive care unit - Wikipedia

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    As of 2003, in the same countries more than 250.000 children were introduced to PICU (paediatric intensive care unit). [8] With the growth of hospitals with PICUs in the 1980s, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the pediatric section of the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) set forth guidelines in 1993 for PICUs. [9]

  4. Intensive care unit - Wikipedia

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    Intensive care unit ICU patients often require mechanical ventilation if they have lost the ability to breathe normally.. 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.

  5. APACHE II - Wikipedia

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    APACHE II ("Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II") is a severity-of-disease classification system, [1] one of several ICU scoring systems.It is applied within 24 hours of admission of a patient to an intensive care unit (ICU): an integer score from 0 to 71 is computed based on several measurements; higher scores correspond to more severe disease and a higher risk of death.

  6. Inpatient care - Wikipedia

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    Inpatient care is the care of patients whose condition requires admission to a hospital.Progress in modern medicine and the advent of comprehensive out-patient clinics ensure that patients are only admitted to a hospital when they are extremely ill or have severe physical trauma.

  7. “Teacher Needs To Be Fired”: Bullies Sneak Into ICU Room Of ...

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    The school allegedly failed to protect their 12-year-old daughter, Kelaia Turner, from severe bullying ... Bullies Sneak Into ICU Room Of 12YO Who Tried To Take Her Own Life first appeared on ...

  8. Intensive care medicine - Wikipedia

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    Patients are admitted to the intensive care unit if their medical needs are greater than what the general hospital ward can provide. Indications for the ICU include blood pressure support for cardiovascular instability ( hypertension / hypotension ), sepsis , post-cardiac arrest syndrome or certain cardiac arrhythmias . [ 4 ]

  9. Critical care nursing - Wikipedia

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    Intensive Care Unit (ICU) nurse at the San Salvatore Hospital in Pesaro, during COVID-19 pandemic in Italy. Critical care nursing is the field of nursing with a focus on the utmost care of the critically ill or unstable patients following extensive injury, surgery or life-threatening diseases. [1]