Association of Intensive Care Unit Admission and Outcomes in Sepsis and Acute Respiratory Failure.
George L AnesiVincent X LiuMarzana ChowdhuryDylan S SmallWei WangM Kit DelgadoBrian BayesErich DressGabriel J EscobarScott D HalpernPublished in: American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine (2021)
Among high-acuity patients with sepsis who did not require life support in the ED, initial admission to the ward, compared to the ICU, was associated with shorter LOS and improved survival, whereas among acute respiratory failure patients, triage to the ICU, compared to the ward, was associated with improved survival.
Keyphrases
- respiratory failure
- intensive care unit
- mechanical ventilation
- emergency department
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- acute kidney injury
- septic shock
- prognostic factors
- metabolic syndrome
- liver failure
- insulin resistance
- skeletal muscle