Outcomes following repatriation from cardiothoracic intensive care to referring centres

Outcomes following repatriation from cardiothoracic intensive care to referring centres

Results 169 patients were transferred from Papworth ICU to a general ICU during the study period. 46 (27.2%) were originally referred for ECMO, 123 (72.8%) in the non-ECMO group were predominantly elective & emergency cardiothoracic surgery patients. The overall median Length of Stay (LoS) in Papworth ICU was 11 days (Interquartile range, IQR, 15.5 days). In the receiving hospital, median LoS w...

Outcomes following admission to intensive care for asthma.

OBJECTIVE Acute severe asthma in children is a common cause of admission to intensive care units (ICU), but there are few reports on long-term outcomes. This study describes outcomes for children with asthma admitted to an ICU. METHODS All children with asthma aged 2-18 years admitted to the ICU at the Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne between 1990 and 2004 were eligible for the study. Data...

Improving long-term patient outcomes following intensive care.

Tracheostomy practice overview in cardiothoracic intensive care unit

Results The median time from tracheal intubation to tracheostomy was 6 days (interquartile range 2-9 d). Thoracic patients received tracheostomies much earlier median on day one of mechanical ventilation (interquartile range 0-3 d) compared to other patients (p = 0.002), they also had higher rate of surgical tracheostomies 45,5%. For all the patients the median time to wean from mechanical vent...

Difficult intubation and outcomes in intubated patients admitted to intensive care unit

Background & Aims: Endotracheal intubation is commonly performed in the intensive care unit. Many international guidelines for difficult intubation management are available and the intensivists think that any endotracheal intubation in ICU is potentially difficult with several complications. Materials & Methods: After obtaining ethical approval, this descriptive and analytical study was cond...