Abstract
Objective: To identify the role of the Center for Technical Support to the Judiciary (NATJUS) in the requirements for opinions regarding the request for admission to the Intensive Care Unit. Methods: This is a quantitative study that used secondary data on the request for an opinion in the system of the Technical Support Nucleus of the Judiciary, referring to requests for hospitalization in an intensive care unit and whose date of creation of the opinion was related to the year 2020. Results: 104 opinions were found with the descriptor “intensive care unit” in 2020. It was observed that the majority of patients were male, and the average age was 56 years. In addition, most of the opinions (76.92%) were favorable to requests for hospitalizations, and the State of Tocantins was the one that most requested opinions from the technical support center. Conclusion: Although judicialization is proving to be increasing, there were a low number of consultations by Brazilian states regarding the needs of hospitalization in the Intensive Care Unit, whose opinion may offer technical and literary elements.