ICU | Planned length of stay >24 hours |
Any form of organ dysfunction, which alone or in combination is a vital threat to the patient | |
- cerebral impairment (delirium, intoxications, metabolic disorders, trauma, stroke) | |
- respiratory insufficiency with or without hypoxia | |
- cardiac failure including vital rhythms disorders | |
- shock and/or severe sepsis | |
- massive blood loss | |
- acute renal failure | |
- continuous artificial organ support | |
PACU | Planned length of stay <24 hours |
- Same indications as for ICU and IMCU, with an expected length of stay under 24 hours | |
- Postoperative ventilation or monitoring for >120 minutes | |
IMCU | Non-ICU, Non-PACU |
- patients with increased monitoring demands or intensive nursing demands | |
- therapy of stabile organ dysfunction | |
- example: low dose vasopressor therapy, intermittent dialysis treatment, intermittent CPAP-therapy, (no invasive ventilation in IMCU) | |
Postoperative/ Recovery-room patients | Patients with mild organ dysfunction, which are expected to be discharged to a normal ward within two hours |