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ICU care
The ICU setting allows for 24-hour close monitoring and treatment from a skilled team.
Dr. Jeff Livingston reviewed this
24 year experience in Obstetrics and Gynecology
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A 42-year old asked:
Icu 'intensive care unit' emergency. is it possible that somebody can get better after 'restarting' their heart?
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A 32-year old asked:
Please help? Is the "post operative room", the same as "intensive care unit" (icu)?
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A 40-year old asked:
Do most of the patients in an icu die?
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A 37-year old asked:
Is there a chapel near most icu units?
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A 34-year old asked:
Why do old people in the icu go crazy?
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A 30-year old asked:
What's it like being an icu trauma nurse?
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A 42-year old asked:
How long can a person be on a ventilator in the icu?
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A 51-year old asked:
Why might a person not wake up after being sedated in the ICU?
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A 39-year old asked:
Will a pastor provide support for family members of those in icu?
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A 34-year old asked:
Supposing you're in the icu on life support. How do you let out waste?
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A 35-year old asked:
What are reasons why would a person not wake up after being sedated in the icu?
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A 45-year old asked:
What special training do the nurses have to be able to work in the neonatal icu?
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A 49-year old male asked about a 32-year old female:
What are the chances I'll end up in the ICU or die if I get coronavirus? I'm young and healthy, but do I have to worry?
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A 39-year old asked:
My boyfriend was in the ICU 3 months ago for pneumonia. He is better but not 100%. What should he avoid and what should he be doing to get better?
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A 44-year old asked:
Why are most patients in the icu sedated?
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A 37-year old asked:
How are breathing treatments administered in the icu?
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A 29-year old asked:
Is a phone available for family members in icu?
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A female asked:
What is the use of Ranitidine in ICU ?
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A 24-year old asked:
In a neuro-icu, how is status epilepticus treated?
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A 39-year old asked:
What is the wedge pressure that the icu doctors keep mentioning?
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A 36-year old asked:
Are juveniles placed in the icu unit when their cancer gets bad?
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A 28-year old male asked:
Can a RRT in the ICU get certified to provide conscious sedation?
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A 31-year old asked:
Do nurses have to be certified in critical care to work in the icu?
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A 29-year old asked:
Why does a stroke patient need to be the icu if he already had his stroke?
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A 40-year old asked:
What are the chances of recovering, if the patient is on an icu ventilator?
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A 36-year old asked:
If you are diagnosed with lateral wall ischemia does that mean you should be in the icu?
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A 57-year old female asked:
My husband had an eosophectomy 10 days ago an is in an out of delirium. What could be the cause of that. He is still in ICU.
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A 19-year old female asked:
If it wasent for the trauma team three days ago i would have been dead. After three days in the icu im alive. So thanks to the drs for all u do?
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A 21-year old female asked:
Im 20 days post covid and i havent had symptoms for a few days. im having bad anxiety about ending up in the icu for a sudden complication. do i need to worry?
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A 41-year old asked:
What icu and medicatiosn are prescribed after CABG surgery?
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