Cardiac intensive care units are specialized, high-acuity, and resource-intensive environments for the care of critically ill ...

Effective neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) provide more than just services - they're designed in a way that contributes to the health of the infants being treated, says a Texas A&M University ...

Designed by DesignGroup, the fourth floor of Norton Children’s Hospital in Louisville, Ky., has recently opened as the Jennifer Lawrence Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU). The CICU includes 17 ...

There is increasing evidence that the physical environment of the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) has a tangible effect on the vulnerable infants who spend the first crucial weeks or months of ...

Some people have heard of the ICU but don’t fully understand what goes on in an intensive care unit. Read on to learn more about these specialty hospital wards that help treat severe cases and provide ...

To decrease measured sound levels in the neonatal intensive care unit through implementation of human factor and minor design modification strategies. Our goal was to identify and implement human ...

Different hospitals may use these specialized units for cardiac or critical care, which may be similar to an intensive care unit (ICU). Once you don’t need 24-hour critical or cardiac care, you will ...

Respiratory and heart problems are the top reasons children are admitted to pediatric intensive care units (PICUs) in the U.S. (Photo Credit: Monkey Business Images/Dreamstime) What is the PICU? The ...

Refreshing an intensive care unit (ICU) -- making changes that update or improve a healthcare space without a full-scale renovation or demolition -- is an opportunity to improve the healing ...

Parents whose babies are born at Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center and need a level II neonatal intensive care unit will soon no longer have to travel to Hershey. Construction is now underway ...

Rounds focused on critically ill pediatric patients at the greatest risk for developing health care–associated conditions (HACs) reduced the rate of specific HACs by nearly 50% at a Colorado hospital, ...