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hey guys, i was wondering if anyone can tell me which hospitals have anesthesiologist docs running the ccu. i know ucsf is one, any other places ?
thanks!
thanks!
niceguydoc said:hey guys, i was wondering if anyone can tell me which hospitals have anesthesiologist docs running the ccu. i know ucsf is one, any other places ?
thanks!
somedude said:Cornell=> Anesthesia runs the Cardio-Thoracic ICU, and shares 50% of responsibility in the neuro ICU and Sloan-Kettering ICU (mixed medical/surgical unit). Anesthesia also runs the pseudo-ICU at HSS (they don't really have one, but the step-down is close) and will be running their ICU when it opens in the near future.
no oxygen said:Vanderbilt's neurosurg ICU is anesthesia run. UAB's SICU, as I remember, is also managed by anes.
Beck928 said:While Vandy's NeuroCare Unit is run by Anesthesia, an important distinction to make is that anesthesia is not the primary team on any patient (I did my Critical Care rotation on the unit there). So it's considered an open unit. Therefore, the neurosurgeons and neurologists make many of the decisions and there can be primary team/critical care team issues at times. Many of the units in academic centers that anesthesia is running are actually open units, so that surgeons of all types are acting as the primary docs, with anesthesia doing the procedures, call, emergent issues, etc.
Just thought that might help to answer the OP 🙂
no oxygen said:Thanks for clarifying, Beck. Yeah, I haven't run into too many truly closed units on the trail...lots of "semi-closed" ones which I guess means "open" more or less. So, did you rotate at Vandy? I liked it there a lot.