Characteristics and Outcomes of Implementing Emergency Department-based Intensive Care Units: A Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The prolonged stay of critically ill patients in the emergency department (ED) may lead to worse clinical outcomes. An emergency department (ED)-based intensive care unit (ICU) is one of the proposed solutions to deliver critical care in the ED. We thus aimed to characterize existent ED-ICU models and their reported association with clinical outcomes in critically ill adult patients.

Methods

We searched the Ovid MEDLINE database from inception to October 2, 2023. We included studies that report an ED-ICU structure, defined as a space capable of providing ICU-level care within or adjacent to the ED, and its characteristics. We excluded personnel-focused intervention (without the presence of a separated space) or a space without ICU-level care capability. We colle

SUBMITTER: Saoraya J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11908510 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature