Association of an Emergency Department-embedded Critical Care Unit with Hospital Outcomes and Intensive Care Unit Use.

ABSTRACT: Rationale: A small but growing number of hospitals are experimenting with emergency department-embedded critical care units (CCUs) in an effort to improve the quality of care for critically ill patients with sepsis and acute respiratory failure (ARF).Objectives: To evaluate the potential impact of an emergency department-embedded CCU at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania among patients with sepsis and ARF admitted from the emergency department to a medical ward or intensive care unit (ICU) from January 2016 to December 2017.Methods: The exposure was eligibility for admission to the emergency department-embedded CCU, which was defined as meeting a clinical definition for sepsis or ARF and admission to the emergency department during the intervention period o

SUBMITTER: Anesi GL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7706601 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature