Transport of Critically Ill Patients by the Anesthesia Versus the Intensive Care Unit Service: A Before-After Study of Operating Room Workflows.

CONCLUSIONS: A transition from the anesthesia to the ICU service for transporting ICU patients to the OR did not change turnover times but resulted in more on-time starts and high compliance with preoperative checklist documentation. PMID: 31425206 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31425206?dopt=Abstract

Source: Anesthesia and Analgesia - August 21, 2019 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Dupont FW, Tung A, Shahul SS, Pohlman A, Joseph S, Gottlieb O, O'Connor MF, Cutter TW Tags: Anesth Analg Source Type: research