Intensive care utilisation after elective surgery in Australia and New Zealand: A point prevalence study

CONCLUSIONS: ICU resource utilisation of patients who have undergone elective surgery is substantial. Those patients admitted directly from theatre have good outcomes and low resource utilisation. Patient admitted unplanned from the ward, although fewer, were sicker, more resource intensive and had significantly worse outcomes.PMID:38690185 | PMC:PMC11056426 | DOI:10.1016/j.ccrj.2023.10.010

Source: Critical Care and Resuscitation - May 1, 2024 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Philip Emerson Arthas Flabouris Josephine Thomas Jeremy Fernando Siva Senthuran Serena Knowles Naomi Hammond Krish Sundararajan with the George Institute of Global Health Source Type: research