[ICU resources can be utilized in a better way. Choose the right patient and the right moment for the intensive care, make priorities when it comes to the ethical issues and introduce the in-between "step-down ICU"].
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Anestesi- och intensivvårdskliniken, Universitetssjukhuset i Lund. dag.lundberg@anest.lu.se
D003657:Decision Making; D026690:Ethics, Clinical; D006292:Health Priorities; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008020:Life Support Care; D018447:Medical Futility; D018579:Patient Selection; D011383:Progressive Patient Care; D013548:Sweden