Outcome of long-stay intensive care patients

M. Hughes; F. N. MacKirdy; John David Norrie; I. S. Grant

doi:10.1007/s001340100896

Outcome of long-stay intensive care patients

M. Hughes, F. N. MacKirdy, John David Norrie, I. S. Grant

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Abstract

Objectives: To assess the numbers, characteristics and outcome for patients requiring longterm intensive care.

Design and setting: Observational cohort study in 23 Scottish intensive care units over a 3-year period.

Patients and participants: 323 patients with an ICU stay of 30 days or more.

Measurements and results: Although representing only 1.6% of patients, those with long stays occupied 15.7 % of bed-days. Hospital survival among these patients was 59.9 %. With the available data it was not possible to discriminate survivors from non-survivors.

Conclusions: Since these patients have a relatively high hospital survival, resources should not be withheld from them on the basis of prolonged ICU stay alone, even in countries with limited ICU provision.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	779-782
Number of pages	3
Journal	Intensive Care Medicine
Volume	27
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s001340100896
Publication status	Published - 2001

Keywords

critical care
length of stay
outcome
MECHANICAL VENTILATION
SURGICAL PATIENTS
PROLONGED STAY
ICU
UNIT

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