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Published in: Critical Care 1/2011

Open Access 01-02-2011 | Poster presentation

ICU readmission: good or bad?

Authors: E Potter, D Vondra, S Green, M Zuleika

Published in: Critical Care | Special Issue 1/2011

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Patients requiring ICU management risk deterioration following discharge. Readmission to the ICU is used as a marker of performance [1] with some controversy [2]. It is established that higher APACHE II scores and longer length of ICU stay are associated with higher risk of ICU readmission [3]. However, there are no criteria available to identify those patients most likely to benefit from readmission [4]. …
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Society of Critical Care Medicine Quality Indicators Committee: Candidate Critical Care Quality Indicators. Anaheim, CA: Society of Critical Care Medicine; 1995.
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Cooper GS, et al.: Are readmissions to the intensive care unit a useful measure of hospital performance? Med Care 1999, 37: 399-408.CrossRefPubMed
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Chan KS, et al.: Readmission to the intensive care unit: an indicator that reflects the potential risks of morbidity and mortality of surgical patients in the intensive care unit. Surg Today 2009, 39: 295-299.CrossRefPubMed
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Campbell AJ, et al.: Predicting death and readmission after intensive care discharge. Br J Anaesth 2008, 100: 656-662.CrossRefPubMed
Metadata
Title
ICU readmission: good or bad?
Authors
E Potter
D Vondra
S Green
M Zuleika
Publication date
01-02-2011
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Critical Care / Issue Special Issue 1/2011
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/cc9881

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