PICU

It is a section of the hospital that provides sick children with the highest level of medical care. The unit differs from other sections of the hospital, like the general medical floors. A PICU comes with intensive nursing care and continuous monitoring of aspects like breathing, heart rate, and blood pressure of the child.
The Paediatric Intensive Care Unit also allows the medical staff to provide medical therapies that might not be available in other sections of the hospital. Some of these intensive therapies include ventilators (breathing machines) and certain medicines that can be offered only under close supervision.
Any critically ill patient, from newborns to young adults, can be admitted into the PICU, although, infants that have just been born are sent to the NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit). Most patients are under the age of eighteen. Some, with rare diseases, might be a tad bit older.