Design and organization of an equine intensive care unit.

摘要: Equine intensive care units (ICUs) are currently being integrated in many primary and referral hospitals. These ICUs created for the purpose of integrating three critical components: sickest patients, highly technical expensive equipment, staff with knowledge experience to treat these patients. The goals improve efficiency efficacy, reduce costs, ultimately patient outcome. In a growing number institutions, emergency programs also veterinary student core curriculum, because need such discipline is recognized not only hospitals but by general practitioner. decision offer ICU services must be based on population needs, consideration that should offered conjunction, economic environment hospital. Currently, few studies exist describe case population, commonly performed procedures treatments, overall cost-benefit ratios equine ICUs. One study described distribution emergencies monthly admissions, proportion cases requiring surgery, most treatments [1]. Because patients often hospitalized ICUs, information provides an initial database understanding dynamics. study, 20% hospital admissions were received as after-hour emergencies. Approximately 60% colics, which approximately half surgical abdomens. Other distributed among following categories: neonates (8%), orthopedics (7%), lacerations (5%), enteritis/ colitis (4%), neurologic reproductive respiratory others. miscellaneous category, esophageal obstruction, ocular emergencies, rectal tears, hemorrhage, undefined sickness cited.