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Ugeskrift for laeger · Feb 2007
[What is intensive care medicine? Multidisciplinary intensive care units].
- Kurt Espersen, Morten Freundlich, and Tom Hartvig Jensen.
- Rigshospitalet, Abdominalcentret, Intensiv Terapi Klinik 4131, København Ø. kurt.espersen@rh.hosp.dk
- Ugeskr. Laeg. 2007 Feb 19;169(8):680-2.
AbstractIntensive care medicine is described from a multidisciplinary point of view. The term "multidisciplinary" is used, although "multispeciality" may be more appropriate. Intensive care medicine is defined as an observational, diagnostical and therapeutical approach to the critically-ill patient, requiring specialized medical and nursing skills that cannot be met in a general ward. Critical illness is considered as overt or threatening, potentially reversible severe organ dysfunction. Intensive care medicine is conducted in the high-technology environment of intensive care units. These are further classified according to their own competency base as well as the level of the hospital in which they are situated.
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