The Medical Intensive Care Unit is designed for care specializing in critically ill patients requiring advanced life support and close monitoring, including those with respiratory failure, hemodynamic instability, severe metabolic disturbances, acute neurologic events, toxicologic emergencies, renal failure requiring CRRT, multi-organ dysfunction, septic shock, and the need for continuous titration of high-risk intravenous medications. Other common admissions include but not limited to respiratory distress, sepsis, neurological change, acute hemodynamic changes, Lifebanc patients preparing for donation, and post anesthesia recovery of surgical patients.