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01-09-2018 | Editorial

Out-of-hours discharge from intensive care: certain about uncertainty

Authors: Christian Fynbo Christiansen, Hans Flaatten

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 9/2018

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Discharges out of hours comprise 15% of discharges from intensive care units (ICUs) to wards [1], and are usually a symptom of strained ICU capacity with demand exceeding the capacity [2]. Premature discharge of patients out of hours may cause insufficient handover and monitoring because the ward or step-down unit often have lower staffing out of hours and may lack necessary equipment for monitoring. Therefore, out-of-hours discharge is a frequently used indicator for ICU quality of care [2]. …

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Title: Out-of-hours discharge from intensive care: certain about uncertainty
Authors: Christian Fynbo Christiansen
Hans Flaatten
Publication date: 01-09-2018
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 9/2018
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-018-5318-2

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