Patients admitted via the emergency department to the intensive care unit: An observational cohort study.
Julia CrillyAmy SweenyJohn O'DwyerBrent RichardsDavid GreenAndrea P MarshallPublished in: Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA (2018)
Most patients are appropriately identified in ED as requiring ICU admission, although around one in four were triaged ATS 3/4. Patients admitted to the ward first tended to have poorer outcomes than those directly admitted to ICU. Factors predicting the need for ICU admission should be identified to support clinical decision-making.
Keyphrases
- emergency department
- intensive care unit
- mechanical ventilation
- decision making
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- type diabetes
- metabolic syndrome
- patient reported outcomes
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- electronic health record
- insulin resistance