What is ICU,GDP,Catastrophizing?

What is ICU?

ICU is the abbreviation of Intensive Care Unit in English, which means Intensive Care Unit. Intensive medical care is with the development of medical and nursing profession, the birth of new medical equipment and the improvement of the hospital management system and the emergence of a set of modern medical care technology as one of the forms of medical organization and management. Small and medium-sized hospitals are a ward, and large hospitals are a special department, where critically ill patients are centralized and given the best protection in terms of manpower, material resources and technology with a view to obtaining good treatment results.

ICU has a history of more than 30 years in the world, has become a hospital in the rescue center of critically ill patients. how the level of supervision of the ICU, whether the equipment is advanced, has become an important measure of the level of a hospital. &127;China's ICU started late, began in the early 80s, at present the domestic hospital with ICU is not common, &127;but has been paid attention to, estimated that the development of a very fast. ICU and divided into comprehensive ICU specialized ICU (such as burns ICU, cardiovascular surgery ICU, neonatal ICU, etc.).CCU is a kind of specialty ICU, the first C is the abbreviation of Coronary heart disease&127; which is specialized for severe coronary heart disease.

The ICU has a central monitoring station that directly observes all monitored beds. Each bed occupies a wide area, &127; beds separated by glass or curtains.ICU main admission object is: ① severe trauma, &127; after major surgery and must be continuous close monitoring of vital indicators and supporters; ② the need for cardiopulmonary resuscitation; ③ an organ (including the heart, brain, &127; lungs, liver, kidneys) function failure or multi-organ failure; ④ severe shock, sepsis and poisoning patients; &127; ⑤ organ transplantation before and after the need to monitor and strengthen the treatment. After the condition improved, they were transferred back to the general ward.

ICU equipment must be equipped with bedside monitors, central monitors, multifunctional respiratory therapy machine, anesthesia machine, &127; ECG machine, defibrillator, pacemaker, infusion pumps, micro-injectors, tracheal intubation and tracheotomy required first aid equipment. In the better hospitals, there are also blood gas analyzers, micro-computers, EEG machines, B&127;ultrasound machines, bedside X-ray machines, hemodialyzers, intra-arterial balloon counterpulsation, blood and urine analyzers, &127;blood biochemistry analyzers and so on. Because the ICU is in the present medical equipment for the condition of quite critical patients under the supervision and treatment, &127; therefore, the personnel working in the ICU, must have a solid theoretical knowledge of medical fundamentals, have a wealth of clinical experience, &127; strain ability, and can master the operation of complex instruments.

ICU can make the critical patients get early and accurate diagnosis, urgent and appropriate treatment.

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What is GDP ?

GDP stands for gross domestic product. It is a measure of the total amount of final goods produced by all resident units of a country's (region's) economy during the accounting period, and is often seen as an important indicator of a country's (region's) economic situation. The new value added in the production process, including the value newly created by laborers and the wear and tear value of fixed assets, but excluding the value of the production process as intermediate inputs; in terms of physical composition, it is the final product produced during the period, including those used for consumption, accumulation, and net exports, but excluding a variety of intermediate products that are consumed by other sectors.

There are three methods of measuring GDP:

1. Production method: GDP = ∑ total output of each industrial sector - ∑ intermediate consumption of each industrial sector:

2. Income method: GDP = ∑ compensation of laborers in each industrial sector + ∑ depreciation of fixed assets in each industrial sector + ∑ net production tax in each industrial sector + ∑ operating profit in each industrial sector;

3. Operating profit of each industrial sector;

3. Expenditure method: GDP = total consumption + total investment + net exports.

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What's the cat's meow?

Old Beijing vernacular, referring to the horse's feet, loopholes, and unorthodox aspects of things.