Trained intensivist coverage and survival outcomes in critically ill patients: a nationwide cohort study in South Korea.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The difference in survival outcomes between closed and open intensive care unit (ICU) designs with respect to trained intensivist coverage remains unknown. We aimed to investigate whether trained intensivist coverage is associated with mortality in critically ill patients admitted to the ICU in South Korea.

Methods

This population-based cohort study used nationwide registration data from South Korea. This study enrolled all adult patients admitted to the ICU between January 1, 2016, and December 31, 2019. Patients, who were admitted ICU in a hospital that employed trained intensivists, were designated as the intensivist group.

Results

This study included 1,147,493 critically ill patients admitted to the ICU. The intensivist and non-intensivist groups consis

SUBMITTER: Oh TK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9839899 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature