The Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) at Children's Hospital Boston is a separate 24-bed facility dedicated to the management of children with heart disease.
Between 1,200-1300 patients are admitted to our intensive care unit each year. While most of the patients are admitted following cardiac surgery, the intensive care unit also manages children with non-surgical conditions such as heart failure and myocarditis, and children with heart disease undergoing non-cardiac surgery. We also manage older patients and adults who have developed complications or need further procedures as a result of long-standing or previously treated congenital heart disease.
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