Health Care

Pediatric Intensive Care Units

Hospital units providing continuous surveillance and care to acutely ill infants and children. Neonates are excluded since INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL is available.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

Hospital units providing continuous surveillance and care to acutely ill infants and children. Neonates are excluded since INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL is available.

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Synonyms

6 entry terms
  • ICU, Pediatric
  • Intensive Care Units, Pediatric
  • Pediatric ICU
  • Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
  • ICUs, Pediatric
  • Pediatric ICUs

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10 allowable subheadings

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

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Indexing Annotation

check also tags HUMANS & CHILD

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History Note

89

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Previous Indexing

  • Child (1966-1988)
  • Infant (1966-1988)
  • Intensive Care Units (1966-1988)

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  1. N02.278w.388.493w.390w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Pediatric Intensive Care Units. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D015278. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D015278
  2. Pediatric Intensive Care Units. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pediatric_intensive_care_unit
  3. Pediatric Intensive Care Units. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17146605