Types of Respiratory Intermediate Care Units
Respiratory intermediate care units (RICU) may be divided into three types, depending on staffing, monitoring levels and patients’ severity. In this chapter, we clearly define the different typologies of RICU, including the change and expansion due to the COVID-19 pandemic. There is a heterogeneity...
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| description | Respiratory intermediate care units (RICU) may be divided into three types, depending on staffing, monitoring levels and patients’ severity. In this chapter, we clearly define the different typologies of RICU, including the change and expansion due to the COVID-19 pandemic. There is a heterogeneity of RICU in terms of number, structure and model which largely vary in the different countries and locally within different hospitals. According to the European Respiratory Society (ERS) task force there are three main RICU levels: respiratory intensive care unit, respiratory intermediate care unit and respiratory monitoring units. To define the levels of the RICU, the expertise of the team, the nurse workload, and the capability of providing invasive as well non-invasive respiratory support are the crucial factors. RICU allow for a more efficient and cost-effective approach to respiratory care without decreasing the quality of care or adversely affecting the outcome. Respiratory medicine units should make strong efforts to lead and include such facilities under their own space.
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| spelling | doaj.art-9f98e494ef834626b0c90b9fc4fd7afb2023-09-12T02:12:35ZengPublicaciones PermanyerBarcelona Respiratory Network Reviews2462-31722022-07-018310.23866/BRNRev:2022-M0078Types of Respiratory Intermediate Care UnitsRaffaele Scala0João C. Winck1Pulmonology and Respiratory Intermedial Care Unit, S. Donato Hospital, Cardio-toraco-neurologic Department, Usl Toscana Sudest, Arezzo, ItalyFaculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto, Centro de Reabilitação do Norte (Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia-Espinho), Vila Nova de Gaia, PortugalRespiratory intermediate care units (RICU) may be divided into three types, depending on staffing, monitoring levels and patients’ severity. In this chapter, we clearly define the different typologies of RICU, including the change and expansion due to the COVID-19 pandemic. There is a heterogeneity of RICU in terms of number, structure and model which largely vary in the different countries and locally within different hospitals. According to the European Respiratory Society (ERS) task force there are three main RICU levels: respiratory intensive care unit, respiratory intermediate care unit and respiratory monitoring units. To define the levels of the RICU, the expertise of the team, the nurse workload, and the capability of providing invasive as well non-invasive respiratory support are the crucial factors. RICU allow for a more efficient and cost-effective approach to respiratory care without decreasing the quality of care or adversely affecting the outcome. Respiratory medicine units should make strong efforts to lead and include such facilities under their own space. https://www.brnreviews.com/frame_esp.php?id=216Acute-on chronic respiratory failure. Non-invasive respiratory support. Respiratory intermediate care units. |
| spellingShingle | Raffaele Scala João C. Winck Types of Respiratory Intermediate Care Units Barcelona Respiratory Network Reviews Acute-on chronic respiratory failure. Non-invasive respiratory support. Respiratory intermediate care units. |
| title | Types of Respiratory Intermediate Care Units |
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| title_short | Types of Respiratory Intermediate Care Units |
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| topic | Acute-on chronic respiratory failure. Non-invasive respiratory support. Respiratory intermediate care units. |
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