Effect of Emergency Department and ICU Occupancy on Admission Decisions and Outcomes for Critically Ill Patients.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

ICU admission delays can negatively affect patient outcomes, but emergency department volume and boarding times may also affect these decisions and associated patient outcomes. We sought to investigate the effect of emergency department and ICU capacity strain on ICU admission decisions and to examine the effect of emergency department boarding time of critically ill patients on in-hospital mortality.

Design

A retrospective cohort study.

Setting

Single academic tertiary care hospital.

Patients

Adult critically ill emergency department patients for whom a consult for medical ICU admission was requested, over a 21-month period.

Interventions

None.

Measurements and main results

Patient data, including severity of illness (Mortality Probabi

SUBMITTER: Mathews KS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5899025 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature