Impact of staffing model conversion from a mandatory critical care consultation model to a closed unit model in the medical intensive care unit.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The intensive care unit (ICU) staffing model affects clinical outcomes of critically ill patients. However, the benefits of a closed unit model have not been extensively compared to those of a mandatory critical care consultation model.

Methods

This retrospective before-after study included patients admitted to the medical ICU. Anthropometric data, admission reason, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II score, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group grade, survival status, length of stay (LOS) in the ICU, duration of mechanical ventilator care, and occurrence of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) were recorded. The staffing model of the medical ICU was changed from a mandatory critical care consultation model to a closed unit model in September 2017, and

SUBMITTER: Ko SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8550369 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature