Meeting
Abstract Number: 5
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: The Institute for Healthcare Improvement tells us that successful discharge planning starts at admission; however, when that admission occurs to a closed Intensive Care Unit (ICU), traditional discharge planning can be delayed until the patient transfers to a general floor. This delay can be exacerbated as a hospital’s adult medical-surgical bed occupancy rises, increasing […]
Abstract Number: 130
SHM Converge 2021
Background: Coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) is a novel widespread disease that has a range of manifestation from asymptomatic to fatal. In the United States, there have been approximately 396,000 hospitalizations as of this writing, of which an estimated 25% will require the intensive care unit (ICU)1,2. With the ongoing spread and repeated waves of […]
Abstract Number: 273
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Prolonged intensive care unit (ICU) length of stay (LOS) has been shown to delay patients’ recovery, increase their exposure to the risk of infections, upsurge healthcare costs, and reduce care availability to other critically ill patients. ICU LOS is directly influenced by both medical and institutional factors. The aim of the project is to […]