Intensive Care Unit Capacity Strain and Outcomes of Critical Illness in a Resource-Limited Setting: A 2-Hospital Study in South Africa.
George L AnesiNicole B GablerNikki L AllortoCarel CairnsGary E WeissmanRachel KohnScott D HalpernRobert D WisePublished in: Journal of intensive care medicine (2018)
In a resource-limited setting in South Africa, ICU capacity strain at the time of ICU admission was not associated with ICU LOS. In secondary analyses, higher ICU occupancy at the time of ICU admission, but not other measures of capacity strain, was associated with increased odds of ICU mortality.