Sepsis at ICU Admission Increases the ICU Mortality Rates Among Very Long ICU Stay Patients: A Secondary Analysis

Association Among ICU Congestion, ICU Admission Decision, and Patient Outcomes.

OBJECTIVES To employ automated bed data to examine whether ICU occupancy influences ICU admission decisions and patient outcomes. DESIGN Retrospective study using an instrumental variable to remove biases from unobserved differences in illness severity for patients admitted to ICU. SETTING Fifteen hospitals in an integrated healthcare delivery system in California. PATIENTS Seventy thousa...

predictor factors for sepsis diagnosis, length of icu stay and mortality in icu

introduction: in a prospective study, we aimed to assess the value of enhanced rdw to predict sepsis and evaluate factors affecting length of icu stay and in-hospital mortality among sepsis patients. material and method: after exclusion of 27 patients, we included 160 adult patients with suspicious sepsis admitted at university affiliated hospital with 33 icu-beds from 2010 to 2012. nighty pati...

Influence of ICU-bed availability on ICU admission decisions

BACKGROUND The potential influence of bed availability on triage to intensive care unit (ICU) admission is among the factors that may influence the ideal ratio of ICU beds to population: thus, high bed availability (HBA) may result in the admission of patients too well or too sick to benefit, whereas bed scarcity may result in refusal of patients likely to benefit from ICU admission. METHODS ...

The impact of an ICU liaison nurse on discharge delay in patients after prolonged ICU stay.

The mismatch between intensive care unit (ICU) bed availability and demand may be improved with timely patient discharges, however little is known about the nature and contributing factors of discharge delays. This study investigated the impact of a specific intervention--the ICU liaison nurse role--in reducing ICU discharge delay using a prospective block intervention study. One hundred and ei...

The Impact of an ICU Liason Nurse on Discharge Delay in Patients after Prolonged ICU Stay