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Úvod do intenzivní péče, organizace a struktura ICU, vzdělávání, komunikace a týmová práce
| Title in English | Introduction to intensive care, organization and structure of the ICU, education, communication and teamwork |
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| Year of publication | 2020 |
| Type | Chapter of a book |
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| Description | Intensive care is an independent, dynamically developing field of medicine, which comprehensively takes care of patients with already established or imminent acute organ failure. It is a multidisciplinary field that extends beyond the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Intensive care has several definitions, however, the connecting element is the organ dysfunction (threat to the so-called vital functions) of the patient and the possibility of providing organ-specific support. The spectrum of patients admitted to the ICU has changed in recent years towards older age and greater 21 PREVIEW FOR SM be able to describe a critically ill patient understand the specific ICU environment know the basic structure of the ICU - equipment and staff understand how to educate in the field explain how to treat with polymorbidity documentation. It is also possible to observe a trend of increasing number of intensive care beds and a decrease in the number of multidisciplinary standard care beds. Beds at the ICU currently represent about 8–10% of the hospital bed, on the other hand, they draw up to 40–45% of the cost of caring for patients. |