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The purpose of this chapter is to develop an awareness of important elements in hospital critical care architectural design. Intended for the non-designer, focus will be on functional programmatic elements, fundamental planning concepts, physical ICU organization and future trends. The sources and references provided will lead the interested reader to extensive materials which will broaden the knowledge of both design practice and evidence-based design research.
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The author would like to recognize the invaluable contributions to this study by Diana Anderson, MD, MArch; Neil Halpern, MD, Medical Director, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center ICU; Owen Samuels, MD, Medical Director, Emory University Hospital ICU; Professor D. Kirk Hamilton, FAIA, Texas A&M University; WHR Architects and the WHR Tradewell Fellows, Houston, Texas; and Lyle R. Cadenhead, PhD.
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Cadenhead, C.D. (2014). Architectural Design of Critical Care Units: A Comparison of Best Practice Units and Design. In: Wheeler, D., Wong, H., Shanley, T. (eds) Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-6362-6_3
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