Refusal of beds and triage of patients admitted to intensive care units in Brazil: a cross-sectional national survey.

Rafaela de Lemos Lepre Ana Luiza Mezzaroba Lucienne Tibery Queiroz Cardoso Tiemi Matsuo Cíntia Magalhães Carvalho Grion

Published in: Revista Brasileira de terapia intensiva (2023)

Bed refusal due to high occupancy rates is common in Brazilian intensive care units. Even so, half of the services in Brazil do not adopt protocols for triage of beds.

Keyphrases

intensive care unit
emergency department
mechanical ventilation
healthcare
primary care
mental health
acute respiratory distress syndrome
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation