We read the manuscript by Rodrigues et al. in the latest issue of Revista Brasileira de Terapia Intensiva Journal with great interest.(1) In this single-center, retrospective, observational cohort study, Rodrigues et al. aimed to identify risk factors associated with later readmission to the intensive care unit (ICU) among critically ill oncohematological patients by evaluating their first ICU ...

BACKGROUND The strength of the association between intensive care unit (ICU)-acquired nosocomial infections (NIs) and mortality might differ according to the methodological approach taken. OBJECTIVE To assess the association between ICU-acquired NIs and mortality using the concept of population-attributable fraction (PAF) for patient deaths caused by ICU-acquired NIs in a large cohort of crit...

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM Due to shortage of ICU beds in hospitals, knowing what kind of orthognathic surgery patients more need ICU care after surgery would be important for surgeons and hospitals to prevent unnecessary ICU bed reservation. PURPOSE The aim of the present study was to determine what kinds of orthognathic surgery patients would benefit more from ICU care after surgery. MATERI...

BACKGROUND In 2013 the Swiss Diagnosis Related Groups ((Swiss)-DRG) was implemented in Intensive Care Units (ICU). Its impact on hospitalizations has not yet been examined. We compared the number of ICU admissions, according to clinical severity and referring institution, and screened whether implementation of Swiss-DRG affected admission policy, ICU length-of-stay (ICU-LOS) or ICU mortality. ...

F ever is a common complaint of patients seeking medical care. Depending on the cause ofthe fever, treatment can be as simple as reassurance or it can necessitate immediate admission to the intensive care unit (ICU). Hospitalized patients often develop fever. Two large studies reported fever occurring in 29 percent’ and 36 percents f medical inpatients. Mortality in those patients who developed...

AIMS To determine the relationship between tele-ICU (intensive care unit) implementations and improvement in quality measures and patient outcomes. BACKGROUND Tele-ICUs were designed to leverage scarce critical-care experts and promised to improve patient quality. EVALUATION Abstracts and peer-reviewed articles were reviewed to identify the associations between tele-ICU programmes and clini...