tailieunhanh - Báo cáo y học: " Critical Care in the Emergency Department: An assessment of the length of stay and invasive procedures performed on critically ill ED patients"

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học quốc tế cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: Critical Care in the Emergency Department: An assessment of the length of stay and invasive procedures performed on critically ill ED patients | Scandinavian Journal of Trauma Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine BioMed Central Open Access Original research Critical Care in the Emergency Department An assessment of the length of stay and invasive procedures performed on critically ill ED patients Robert S Green 1 2 and Janet K MacIntyre11 Address Department of Emergency Medicine Dalhousie University Halifax Nova Scotia Canada and 2Department of Medicine Division of Critical Care Medicine Dalhousie University Halifax Nova Scotia Canada Email Robert S Green - greenrs@ Janet K MacIntyre - jkmacint@ Corresponding author fEqual contributors Published 24 September 2009 Received 9 March 2009 _ -r-T_ nJ r__I ÍOAI7C7 I Accepted 24 September 2009 Scandinavian Journal of Trauma Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2009 17 47 doi 1757-7241-17-47 This article is available from http content 17 1Z47 2009 Green and MacIntyre licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Introduction Critically ill patients commonly present to the ED and require aggressive resuscitation. Patient transfer to an ICU environment in an expedient manner is considered optimal care. However this patient population may remain in the ED for prolonged periods of time. The goal of this study is to describe the ED length of stay and the invasive procedures performed in critically ill ED patients. Methods This is a retrospective medical record review of all patients who presented to the study center over a I year period. Patient demographic data in addition to the times of ED presentation and ICU admission were recorded. Invasive procedures performed in the pre-hospital ED and the initial 24 hours of ICU care were also recorded. Results .