Short-term outcomes and mortality after interhospital intensive care transportation: an observational prospective cohort study of 368 consecutive transports with a mobile intensive care unit.
BMJ Open
; 5(4): e006801, 2015 Apr 28.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
To evaluate short-term outcomes and mortality after interhospital transportation of intensive care patients performed by a mobile intensive care unit (MICU).SETTING:
This study was performed in the tertiary care process of interhospital transportation using the local MICU system in the South East of the Netherlands.PARTICIPANTS:
Between March 2009 and December 2011, all transports of adult patients being performed by the local MICU centre have been documented; data on 42 variables, including a 24â h follow-up Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score of 368 consecutive interhospital transports of intensive care patients, were recorded. In 24 cases, the follow-up SOFA score was missing, so 344 data sets were included.INTERVENTIONS:
No interventions have been done. PRIMARY/SECONDARY OUTCOMEMEASURES:
Primary outcome measures were the mean SOFA score before and 24â h after transport, and the 24â h post-transport mortality. Moreover, the differences between the groups of 24â h post-transport survivors and non-survivors have been analysed.RESULTS:
The mean SOFA score before transport was 8.8 for the whole population and 8.6 for those patients who were alive 24â h after transport, with a mean SOFA score of 8.4 after transport. The adverse events rate was 6.4%. Fourteen patients (4.1%) died within 24â h after transport. Patients in this group had a higher SOFA score, lower pH, higher age and more additional medical support devices than those patients in the survivor group.CONCLUSIONS:
The non-significant decrease in the post-transport SOFA score and the lack of an association between transport and 24â h post-transport mortality indicates that in the study setting, interhospital transportation of intensive care patients performed by a MICU system was not associated with a clinically relevant deterioration of the patient.Palavras-chave
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Transferência de Pacientes
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Mortalidade Hospitalar
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Unidades de Terapia Intensiva
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
BMJ Open
Ano de publicação:
2015
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Holanda