Admissions to intensive care units from emergency departments: a descriptive study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To describe the case mix, activity, and outcome for admissions to intensive care units (ICUs) from emergency departments (EDs).

Design

An observational study using data from a high quality clinical database, the Case Mix Programme Database, of intensive care admissions, coordinated at the Intensive Care National Audit & Research Centre (ICNARC).

Setting

91 adult ICUs in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, 1996-99.

Subjects

46,587 intensive care admissions.

Main outcome measures

Ultimate hospital mortality.

Results

Admissions from EDs constituted 26% of total admissions to ICU, 77% of which were direct admissions to ICU from EDs. Direct admissions from EDs, indirect admissions from EDs, and non-ED admissions presented to ICU with diffe

SUBMITTER: Simpson HK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1726808 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature