Hospital-level intensive care unit admission for patients with isolated blunt abdominal solid organ injury

CONCLUSION Admission location of stable patients with isolated mild to moderate abdominal SOIs is variable across hospitals, but hospitalization at a facility with greater ICU use is not associated with substantially improved outcomes. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE Therapeutic/care management, Level IV.
Source: The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care - Category: Orthopaedics Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLES Source Type: research