A multi-center prospective cohort study of patient transfers from the intensive care unit to the hospital ward.
Henry Thomas StelfoxJeanna Parsons LeighPeter M DodekAlexis F TurgeonAlan J ForsterFrancois LamontagneRob A FowlerAndrea SooSean M BagshawPublished in: Intensive care medicine (2017)
ICU-to-ward transfers are characterized by failures of patient flow and communication; experienced differently by patients, ICU/ward physicians and nurses, with distinct suggestions for improvement.