Search Tag: ICU transfers

ICU Management

Icu-capacity-transfers-and-mortality

2022 12 Apr

Transfers from one ICU to another ICU are associated with an increased length of stay in the ICU and the hospital. Inter-hospital ICU transfers occur for three main reasons: clinical transfers, capacity transfers and repatriations.  A study was conducted to show that different ICU transfers differ in risk-adjusted mortality rate. The primary endpoint...Read more

ICU Management

Which-deteriorating-ward-patients-benefit-most-from-icu-transfer

2019 20 Feb

A cohort study of deteriorating ward patients who were transferred to intensive care unit found that the benefits of ICU care may increase among patients at high levels of baseline physiological severity across different age groups, especially among elderly patients.    The study used a person-centred instrumental variable (IV) approach to evaluate...Read more