Geriatric intensive-care unit

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Geriatric intensive-care unit
SpecialtyIntensive care medicine

Geriatric intensive care unit is a special

elderly
.

Origin

Geriatric intensive care units began because the world population is

critical care teams still lacks a geriatric focus.[1][2][3][4]

Older adults admitted to intensive care units can suffer from severe

fungal infections,[5] and may need special post-operative analgesia.[6] People age 75+ may need assessment by special instruments to predict their ICU prognosis.[7] One quotation has said "geriatric ICUs are the future".[8]

World distribution

Geriatric care units are present in Japan,[9] United States, China,[10][11][12] Egypt, Europe[13] France,[14] Italy,[15][16] Iran,[17] and India.[18][19][20]

Training & education programs

Physicians are trained in geriatric medicine & critical care medicine.[21][22][23]

Nurses receive special training in critical care of elderly in their basic training, advanced and clinical training.[24][25][26]

Ventilators

Ventilator parts

A geriatric ventilator is a machine that provides mechanical ventilation by moving breathable air into and out of the lungs, to deliver breaths to a geriatric patient who is physically unable to breathe, or breathing insufficiently.

Open-source ventilators

Main article: Open-source ventilator

A geriatric open-source ventilator uses

COVID-19
pandemic.

See also

References

  1. PMID 8504647
    .
  2. ^ The Geriatric Patient in The Intensive Care Unit, Cuba
  3. ^ RELATION BETWEEN ELDERLY AND INTENSIVE CARE UNIT, Turkey
  4. ^ Neuroscience ICU[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ Invasive mycosis in the Elderly – an appraisal on an geriatric intensive care unit[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ postoperative analgesia for geriatric intensive care patients
  7. ^ Geriatric Intensive Care Unit, Peking University, China
  8. ^ The geriatric intensive care unit - Dr Eryl Davies: geriatric ICUs are the future
  9. ^ Dojin Hospital’s geriatric intensive care unit, Japan
  10. ^ Geriatric Intensive Care Unit, Peking University, China
  11. ^ Geriatric Intensive Care Unit, Nanjing, China
  12. PMID 26400736
    .
  13. ^ 4 beds geriatric intensive care unit in France
  14. ^ Invasive mycosis in the Elderly – an appraisal on an geriatric intensive care unit[permanent dead link]
  15. ^ "New treatments in Geriatric Intensive Care Ward of the University Hospital in Florence, Italy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-10-04. Retrieved 2013-01-17.
  16. S2CID 40143191
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  17. ^ Permanent Geriatric Intensive Care, Poland
  18. ^ Geriatric Intensive Care Unit, King George Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
  19. ^ Geriatric intensive-care unit (GICU) at Kumar Hospital, Jabalpur
  20. ^ The New Indian Express
  21. ^ Geriatric intensive care (1993) article
  22. ^ The Geriatric Patient in The Intensive Care Unit, Cuba
  23. ^ RELATION BETWEEN ELDERLY AND INTENSIVE CARE UNIT, Turkey
  24. ^ "geriatric medical intensive care nurse photo". Archived from the original on 2008-09-05. Retrieved 2008-11-06.
  25. ^ geriatric intensive-care school
  26. ^ "Training courses in pediatric and geriatric intensive care, India". Archived from the original on 2007-08-23. Retrieved 2008-11-06.
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