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The optimal intensive care unit organizational model requires the frequent presence of intensivists at the patient's bedside supported by a multidisciplinary team.
This article reviews the history and organizational models of intensive care units, highlighting the importance of intensivist-led multidisciplinary teams.
Optimal ICU staffing requires frequent intensivist presence with multidisciplinary support; leaves open which model best improves outcomes today.
An ICU is a geographically distinct area of a hospital where critically ill and injured patients undergo continuous monitoring and support of failing organ systems. Although a number of ICU organizational models exist, the optimal model requires the frequent presence of intensivists at the patient’s bedside supported by a multidisciplinary team of health care professionals. This article explores the history of critical care medicine and the evolution of different staffing models.
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Paul E. Marik (2010) conducted a review in Critical illness. Intensive care unit organizational models was evaluated. The optimal intensive care unit organizational model requires the frequent presence of intensivists at the patient's bedside supported by a multidisciplinary team.
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