Is it a mountain out of a molehill that minimally invasive surgery should also be admitted to ICU?

A friend called and asked me: My father has just undergone laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Isn’t this minimally invasive? Why should I enter ICU? Aren’t they all seriously ill? Hearing this, I think everyone still does not know enough about ICU. Now let’s talk about what is going on in ICU. ICU is known as Intensive Care Unit. Compared with ordinary wards, ICU has the following characteristics: The ratio of nurses to patients is 1: 1, and people watch them 24 hours a day. During the day, a nurse stares at a bed, so the medical staff affectionately call ICU I see you. The patient is connected with various monitors, which display blood pressure, heart rate, respiration, blood oxygen, pulse, body temperature, Read More …