Emergency department admissions to the intensive care unit - a national retrospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Emergency departments (EDs) see a rising number of patients, but only a small fraction of ED patients need immediate intensive care. The characteristics of these patients are mostly unknown and there is reason to believe that there are large inter-hospital differences in thresholds for intensive care admissions from the ED. The purpose of this study was to give a nationwide overview of ED admissions directly to intensive care units.

Methods

We used the Swedish Intensive care Registry to identify all patients admitted to intensive care from the ED (January 1, 2013 until June 7, 2018). The primary outcome was discharge diagnosis after intensive care (primary ICU diagnosis code). ICU mortality and" ICU admission due to only observation" were analyzed as secondary out

SUBMITTER: Wilhelms SB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8540137 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature