Transition of care at discharge from the Intensive Care Unit: a scoping review.

CONCLUSION: transition of care components and practices were identified, in addition to factors intrinsic to the patient, associated with worse outcomes after discharge from the Intensive Care Unit. Discharges at night or on weekends were associated with increased rates of readmission and mortality; however, the association of other practices with the patient's outcome is still inconclusive.
PMID: 32696919 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem - July 23, 2020 Category: Nursing Authors: Hervé MEW, Zucatti PB, Lima MADDS Tags: Rev Lat Am Enfermagem Source Type: research