Internal Medicine, Critical Care
Internal medicine treats and diagnoses diseases that affect adults. Internists are doctors who practise internal medicine. Critical care medicine treats critically ill patients. Intensive care medicine is critical care medicine. Internal medicine doctors are called intensivists, intensive care physicians, or critical care physicians. A critically ill person requires a specialised team. There are doctors, nurses, physical therapists and respiratory therapists on the team. They all work in CICUs.
Generally speaking, internal medicine is a branch of medicine that specialises in the treatment and diagnosis of diseases that affect individuals. An internist is a doctor who focuses and specialises in internal medicine and who sees patients on a regular basis.
Critical care medicine is a speciality that provides treatments to patients who are critically or seriously ill, such as those who are in a coma. When referring to critical care medicine, the term "intensive care medicine" is used. An intensivist, intensive care physician, or critical care physician is a doctor who specialises in internal medicine and provides care to patients in a hospital setting. A person who is critically or seriously ill requires intensive care from a specialised team. It consists of a physical therapist, a pharmacist, as well as medical professionals such as doctors, nurses, and respiratory therapists. In critical care units, they all collaborate on patient care.
An intensive care unit, also known as a critical care unit, is a hospital unit that offers care to severely ill patients. The following are the many sorts of critical care units that can be found at Akshar hospital are described as follows:
- Medical intensive care unit (MICU)
- Surgical intensive care unit (SICU)
- Pediatric intensive care unit (PICU)
- Coronary intensive care unit (CICU)
- Neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)
- Shock/ trauma intensive care unit (STICU)
- Overnight intensive recovery (OIR)
- Post anaesthesia care unit
- High dependency unit
- IV drips
Connect with Akshar Hospital to access all these facilities and treatments seamlessly.
