Health Care

Intensive Care Units

Hospital units providing continuous surveillance and care to acutely ill patients.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

Hospital units providing continuous surveillance and care to acutely ill patients.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • ICU Intensive Care Units
  • Intensive Care Unit
  • Unit, Intensive Care

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Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, supply & distribution, trends.

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66(63)

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  1. N02.278w.388.493w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Intensive Care Units. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007362. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007362
  2. Intensive Care Units. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intensive_care_unit
  3. Intensive Care Units. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5094647