In-Hospital Mortality Risk Among Transfers to Cardiac Intensive Care Units.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients treated in tertiary cardiac intensive care units (CICUs) often arrive via transfer from other hospitals. This "transfer population" is poorly described and has been largely excluded from trials in critical care.

Objectives

The aim of this study was to characterize patients who are transferred from other hospitals to advanced CICUs.

Methods

The Critical Care Cardiology Trials Network is an investigator-initiated network of predominantly North American CICUs. Consecutive CICU admissions during annual 2-month snapshots were submitted to the coordinating center (TIMI Study Group) and stratified by transfer vs nontransfer status. Adjustment was made for age, sex, study site, and Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score.

Results

A total of 21,215

SUBMITTER: Phreaner N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12541207 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature