[Capacity problems in Danish intensive care units?]
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[Capacity problems in Danish intensive care units?]
Abstract
There are documented capacity problems in Danish ICUs. The indications for intensive care have increased in the last decade without any increase in the number of ICU beds. The result is massive pressure on many ICUs and many negative consequences in relation to healthcare, healthcare economics and patient comfort. Possible solutions: 1) an increase in the number of ICU beds, 2) re-organization of Danish ICUs into larger units and 3) creation of "step-down"-units. Intensive care is a costly area in the healthcare system, where there must be distinct guidelines for visitation and use of expensive medicine and advanced technology.
Comment in
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[Deficient intensive care capacity and physicians' responsibility].Ugeskr Laeger. 2007 May 7;169(19):1811; author reply 1811. Ugeskr Laeger. 2007. PMID: 17542086 Danish. No abstract available.
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[The size of intensive care units].Ugeskr Laeger. 2007 Jun 4;169(23):2235; author reply 2237. Ugeskr Laeger. 2007. PMID: 17607852 Danish. No abstract available.
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