Impact of intensive care unit admission during morning bedside rounds and mortality: a multi-center retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Recent data have suggested that patient admission during intensive care unit (ICU) morning bedside rounds is associated with less favorable outcome. We undertook the present study to explore the association between morning round-time ICU admissions and hospital mortality in a large Canadian health region.

Methods

A multi-center retrospective cohort study was performed at five hospitals in Edmonton, Canada, between July 2002 and December 2009. Round-time ICU admission was defined as occurring between 8 and 11:59 a.m. Multivariable logistic regression analysis was used to explore the association between round-time admission and outcome.

Results

Of 18,857 unique ICU admissions, 2,055 (10.9%) occurred during round time. Round-time admissions were more frequen

SUBMITTER: de Souza IA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3580614 | biostudies-literature | 2012 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature