How to create the ideal ward in an intensive care unit

Abstract

The intensive care medicine is characterized by extreme complexity generating large quantities of highly dynamic data. Daily rounds have become an integral part of critical care medicine aimed at comprehensive analysis of these data and at providing excellent care.

To fulfill its role, the structure and process of any ICU round have to be clearly defined.

Keywords

• clinical round
• intensive care unit
• critical illness
• checklist
• quality of care