Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: Planning & Design
Journal Title: Journal Of Pediatric Critical Care - Year 2019, Vol 6, Issue 3
Abstract
Intensive care unit is specialised unit providing care to critically ill patients. Level of intensive care unit depends on the requirement of the particular hospital. Outcome is always better if care is provided, the team specially trained in emergency and critical care. Equipment requirement is also different to some extent for children being developmentally and anatomically different at earlier age. Requirement for number of equipment is also slightly different.
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Kundan Mittal
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- DOI 10.21304/2019.0603.00503
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