The influence of delayed admission to intensive care unit on mortality and nursing workload: a cohort study.

Ester Góes OliveiraPaulo Carlos GarciaClairton Marcos Citolino FilhoLilia de Souza Nogueira

Published in: Nursing in critical care (2018)

Strategies need to be implemented to optimize the availability of ICU beds and reduce the length of stay of critical patients in the ED as delays in admitting such patients to the ICU have an impact on mortality.

Keyphrases

intensive care unit
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
emergency department
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
healthcare
cardiovascular events
type diabetes
risk factors
quality improvement
acute respiratory distress syndrome