ReviewHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2024
Utility of Intermediate Care Units: A Systematic Review Study.
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- Nurses' Experience of Redeployment to a New Intermediate Care Unit for Respiratory Patients: A Qualitative Study.Journal of advanced nursing · 2026Article
- Trends, Predictors, and Outcomes of Monitored Acute Care Unit Admissions in Older Adults: 10-Year Retrospective Analysis.Interactive journal of medical research · 2026Article
- Guidelines for the construction and management of critical care medicine in China (2025 Edition).Journal of intensive medicine · 2026Article
- Intensive care patients eligible for intermediate care unit-level care: a single-centre prospective cohort study in Belgium.Critical care science · 2026Article
- Characterizing ICU-like profiles of very old patients hospitalized in medical intermediate care units in France: A clustering analysis of a nationwide population-based study.Annals of intensive care · 2026Article
- Intermediate Care Unit performance being properly assessed?Critical care (London, England) · 2025Article
- Intermediate care units: an effective alternative to reduce intensive care unit admissions-a prospective cohort study.Internal and emergency medicine · 2025Observational
- Intermediate Care Units in Europe and Italy: A Review of Structure, Outcomes, and Policy Implications for Internal Medicine.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Hospitalization of very old critically ill patients in medical intermediate care units in France: a nationwide population-based study.Annals of intensive care · 2025Article
- Outcomes and cost-effectiveness of intermediate care units for patients discharged from the intensive care unit: a nationwide retrospective observational study.Critical care (London, England) · 2025Observational
- Improving acute care outcome in internal medicine: the role of early stabilization and intermediate care unit.Internal and emergency medicine · 2025Observational
- In-hospital mortality of patients admitted to the intermediate care unit in hospitals with and without an intensive care unit: a nationwide inpatient database study.Critical care (London, England) · 2025Article
- Data-driven modelling of IRCU patient flow during the COVID-19 pandemic.Computational and structural biotechnology journal · 2025Article
- Impact of Intermediate Care Unit Architecture on Noise, Light, and Delirium Incidence.Noise & healthArticle
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Abstract
Intermediate care units (IMCUs) have become increasingly important in the care of critical and semi-critical patients, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, there is still no clear definition of their structural characteristics, specialties, types of patients, and the benefits they provide. The aim of this work is to describe the current state of implementation and operation of IMCUs in hospitals and patient care. To achieve this goal, a systematic review was conducted in the Web of Science, Scopus and CINAHL databases, along with a hand search. The research yielded 419 documents, of which 26 were included in this review after applying inclusion and exclusion criteria. The results were highly diverse and were categorized based on the following topics: material resources, human resources, continuity of care, and patient benefits. Despite the different objectives outlined in the studies, all of them demonstrate the numerous benefits provided by an IMCU, along with the increased relevance of this type of unit in recent years. Therefore, this systematic review highlights the benefits of IMCUs in the care of critical patients, as well as the role of health workers in these units.
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