Medical Intensive Care Unit Overflow Into the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit: Insights From CCCTN Registry.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cardiac intensive care units (CICUs) typically manage critically ill patients with acute cardiovascular (CV) conditions but may serve patients with non-CV critical illness when medical ICU (MICU) beds are unavailable.

Objectives

The purpose of this study was to characterize the clinical profiles and outcomes of "MICU overflow" admissions to the CICU.

Methods

We used the Critical Care Cardiology Trials Network registry to compare CICU admissions without acute or major cardiac issues (MICU overflow) vs those with acute CV illness.

Results

Among 19,912 CICU admissions (2018-2023), 923 (4.6%) were MICU overflow, ranging from 0% to 26% across centers. MICU overflow admissions had higher median Sequential Organ Failure Assessment scores than CV admissions

SUBMITTER: Isath A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12541208 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature