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2014 ; 42
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): 2037-41
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Relationship between ICU bed availability, ICU readmission, and cardiac arrest in
the general wards
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Town JA
; Churpek MM
; Yuen TC
; Huber MT
; Kress JP
; Edelson DP
Crit Care Med
2014[Sep]; 42
(9
): 2037-41
PMID24776607
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OBJECTIVE: The decision to admit a patient to the ICU is complex, reflecting
patient factors and available resources. Previous work has shown that ICU census
does not impact mortality of patients admitted to the ICU. However, the effect of
ICU bed availability on patients outside the ICU is unknown. We sought to
determine the association between ICU bed availability, ICU readmissions, and
ward cardiac arrests. DESIGN: In this observational study using data collected
between 2009 and 2011, rates of ICU readmission and ward cardiac arrest were
determined per 12-hour shift. The relationship between these rates and the number
of available ICU beds at the start of each shift (accounting for census and
nursing capacity) was investigated. Grouped logistic regression was used to
adjust for potential confounders. SETTING: Five specialized adult ICUs comprising
63 adult ICU beds in an academic medical center. PATIENTS: Any patient admitted
to a non-ICU inpatient unit was counted in the ward census and considered at risk
for ward cardiac arrest. Patients discharged from an ICU were considered at risk
for ICU readmission. INTERVENTIONS: None. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Data
were available for 2,086 of 2,190 shifts. The odds of ICU readmission increased
with each decrease in the overall number of available ICU beds (odds ratio =
1.06; 95% CI, 1.00-1.12; p = 0.03), with a similar but not statistically
significant association demonstrated in ward cardiac arrest rate (odds ratio =
1.06; 95% CI, 0.98-1.14; p = 0.16). In subgroup analysis, the odds of ward
cardiac arrest increased with each decrease in the number of medical ICU beds
available (odds ratio = 1.26; 95% CI, 1.06-1.49; p = 0.01). CONCLUSIONS: Reduced
ICU bed availability is associated with increased rates of ICU readmission and
ward cardiac arrest. This suggests that systemic factors are associated with
patient outcomes, and flexible critical care resources may be needed when demand
is high.
|Academic Medical Centers/statistics & numerical data
[MESH]
|Adult
[MESH]
|Aged
[MESH]
|Critical Care
[MESH]
|Female
[MESH]
|Heart Arrest/*epidemiology/mortality
[MESH]
|Hospital Mortality
[MESH]
|Hospitalization/statistics & numerical data
[MESH]
|Humans
[MESH]
|Intensive Care Units/*statistics & numerical data
[MESH]
|Length of Stay
[MESH]
|Male
[MESH]
|Middle Aged
[MESH]
|Outcome Assessment, Health Care
[MESH]
|Patient Readmission/*statistics & numerical data
[MESH]
|Patients' Rooms/*statistics & numerical data
[MESH]