Variables associated with unplanned general adult ICU admission in hospitalised patients: protocol for a systematic review

We describe the protocol for a systematic review of variables associated with ICU admission.Methods/designMEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL and the Cochrane Library, including Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) will be searched for studies that assess the association of routinely recorded variables associated with subsequent unplanned ICU admission. Only studies involving adult patients admitted to general ICUs will be included. We will extract data relating to the statistical association between ICU admission and predictor variables, the quality of the studies and the generalisability of the findings.DiscussionThe results of this review will aid the development of future models which predict the risk of unplanned ICU admission.Systematic review registrationPROSPERO:CRD42015029617
Source: Systematic Reviews - Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research