CVICU vs. CVIU - What's the difference?

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What's the difference between CVICU and CVIU? Is CVIU still considered intensive care?

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What is CVIU and what types of patients do they care for? Is this a step down unit?

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Specializes in CVICU, PACU, OR.

What does CVIU stand for?

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Specializes in Med-Surg.

Probably Cardiovascular Intentive Care Unit and Cardiovascular Intermediate Unit

Patients who have open heart surgery or thoracotomies. ICU would be fresh post-op and intermediate might be the day or two after. Our open hearts go to CVICU first, but then to the PCU (progressive cardiac care unit)

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Specializes in CVICU, PACU, OR.

Thanks, Tweety. I get confused with all these acronyms! At my hospital it is CVTR (cardiovascular thoracic recovery) and CVPV (cardiovascular peripheral vascular).

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Specializes in Med-Surg.

They get confusing. Where I work NICU is Neuro ICU, not Neonatal ICU.......:)

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