Readmission to the Intensive Care Unit: Incidence, Risk Factors, Resource Use, and Outcomes. A Retrospective Cohort Study.

Carolina R PonzoniThiago Domingos CorreaRoberto R FilhoAry Serpa NetoMurillo S C AssunçãoAndreia PardiniGuilherme P P Schettino

Published in: Annals of the American Thoracic Society (2018)

Readmissions to the ICU were frequent and strongly related to poor outcomes. The degree to which ICU readmissions are preventable as well as the main causes of preventable ICU readmissions need to be further determined.

Keyphrases

risk factors
intensive care unit
mechanical ventilation
emergency department
metabolic syndrome
insulin resistance