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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2008 Oct;17(10):971–981. doi: 10.1002/pds.1637

Appendix 2.

Intensive Care Unit (ICU) specialty designations

Designation1 Number of ICUs (%) Number of patients (%)
MICU/SICU combined 20 (26.3) 2363 (38.6)
MICU/SICU/CCU combined 16 (21.0) 1346 (22.0)
Other mixed medical, surgical/surgical subspecialty combined 13 (17.1) 415 (6.8)
MICU 8 (10.5) 97 (1.6)
Surgical/Trauma ICU 5 (6.6) 851 (13.9)
SICU 5 (6.6) 365 (6.0)
MICU/CCU combined 3 (3.9) 164 (2.7)
Trauma ICU 3 (3.9) 105 (1.7)
Cardiothoracic surgery 2 (2.6) 428 (7.0)
CCU 1 (1.3) 17 (0.3)
Other surgical/surgical subspecialty ICU combined 2 (2.6) 20 (0.3)
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MICU - Medical ICU; SICU -Surgical ICU; CCU -Coronary Care Unit.

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