Routine Intensive Care Unit Admission Following Liver Resection: What Is the Value Proposition?

Katiuscha MerathMarcelo CerulloAyesha FarooqJoseph K CannerJen HeDiamantis I TsilimigrasRittal MehtaAnghela Z ParedesKota SaharaMary DillhoffAllan TsungJordan CloydAslam EjazTimothy M Pawlik

Published in: Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (2019)

Routine ICU admission was associated with longer LOS and higher hospital payments, yet did not translate into lower failure-to-rescue among patients undergoing hepatectomy.

Keyphrases

intensive care unit
patients undergoing
clinical practice
emergency department
mechanical ventilation
healthcare
adverse drug
acute care
acute respiratory distress syndrome
drug induced
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation