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medical intensive care unit (MICU)

Complications: - 10% of patients experience preventable adverse events [1] Management: - early physical therapy & occupational therapy improves outcomes among mechanically ventilated ICU patients [2] Notes: - black persons admitted to MICU for heart failure are less likely to be seen by cardiologist than white persons, even with health insurance [3]

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intensive care unit (ICU)

References

  1. Rothschild JM, Landrigan CP, Cronin JW, Kaushal R, Lockley SW, Burdick E, Stone PH, Lilly CM, Katz JT, Czeisler CA, Bates DW. The Critical Care Safety Study: The incidence and nature of adverse events and serious medical errors in intensive care. Crit Care Med. 2005 Aug;33(8):1694-700. PMID: 16096443
  2. Schweickert WD et al Early physical and occupational therapy in mechanically ventilated, critically ill patients: a randomised controlled trial Lancet, Early Online Publication, 14 May 2009 doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60658-9 PMID: 19446324 http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(09)60658-9/fulltext
  3. Breathett K, Liu WG, Allen LA et al. African Americans are less likely to receive care by a cardiologist during an intensive care unit admission for heart failure. JACC Heart Fail. 2018 May;6(5):413-420. PMID: 29724363 - Pina IL. If it is not health care access or insurance coverage, then why do racial disparities persist? JACC Heart Fail 2018 May; 6:421. PMID: 29724364