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An intensive care unit (ICU) is an area of a hospital that provides aggressive therapy, using state-of-the-art technology and both invasive and noninvasive monitoring for critically ill and high-risk patients. In these units the patient’s physiological variables are reported to the practitioner on a continuous basis, so that titrated care can be provided.
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Varon, J., Acosta, P. (2010). Approach to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). In: Handbook of Critical and Intensive Care Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-92851-7_1
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