The Indian government has released guidelines for hospitals .. Read more at: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/106411109.cms?from=mdr&utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst
NEW DELHI: In a first, the government has come up with guidelines for hospitals to decide on the need of a patient for treatment under the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). The guidelines have been compiled by a panel of 24 top doctors with expertise in critical care medicine. They list out the medical conditions under which a patient requires admission in ICU, like “an altered level of consciousness or if the patient needs respiratory support”. ICU care has also been recommended in cases of severe acute illness requiring intensive monitoring; medical condition which is likely to deteriorate in post-surgery cases; and for patients who have experienced any major intraoperative complication. Anyone with a living will or advanced directive against ICU care, informed refusal, disease with a treatment limitation plan and terminal-illness with medical judgement of futility have been kept out of the list of patients requiring ICU care.Dr R K Mani, one of the experts involved in t
