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01-11-2019 | Editorial

“Hang on, I haven’t seen this patient yet…”: near simultaneous admissions to the ICU

Authors: Matthew H. Anstey, Hayley B. Gershengorn, Laura Hawryluck

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Near simultaneous admissions (NSAs) to the ICU stretch the resources of the receiving clinical team, and result in worse outcomes for patients.

Clinicians should consider how they and their teams respond to NSAs and develop methods to respond to them.

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Title: “Hang on, I haven’t seen this patient yet…”: near simultaneous admissions to the ICU
Authors: Matthew H. Anstey
Hayley B. Gershengorn
Laura Hawryluck
Publication date: 01-11-2019
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 11/2019
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-019-05778-9