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Whats the difference between a critical care and an intensive care unit?

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Same thing: Different hospitals have different terms for specialized care units that take care of the sickest patients.

Answered 4/25/2014

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Dr. Jason Adler answered

Specializes in Pediatric Critical Care

Interchangeable: The terms are essentially interchangeable. Critical care and intensive care are both used to describe a unit or medical specialty in which seriously ill or injured people receive care. These units may be general critical care or intensive care units that care for a wide variety of conditions, or neonatal, pediatric, adult, cardiac, surgical. Or neurosugical units.

Answered 12/22/2014

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Dr. Hesham Hassaballa answered

Specializes in Pulmonary Critical Care

They are the same: An intensive care unit is the same as a critical care unit. Different hospitals call it different things.

Answered 10/3/2016

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