Measuring the Impact of ICU Strain on Mortality, After-Hours Discharge, Discharge Delay, Interhospital Transfer, and Readmission in Australia With the Activity Index.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

ICU resource strain leads to adverse patient outcomes. Simple, well-validated measures of ICU strain are lacking. Our objective was to assess whether the "Activity index," an indicator developed during the COVID-19 pandemic, was a valid measure of ICU strain.

Design

Retrospective national registry-based cohort study.

Setting

One hundred seventy-five public and private hospitals in Australia (June 2020 through March 2022).

Subjects

Two hundred seventy-seven thousand seven hundred thirty-seven adult ICU patients.

Interventions

None.

Measurements and main results

Data from the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Adult Patient Database were matched to the Critical Health Resources Information System. The mean daily Activity in

SUBMITTER: Pilcher DV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10645102 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature