Meeting
Abstract Number: 93
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: The Emergency Room departments and the Intensive Care Units (ICU) remain the main locations for the treatment of patients with severe sepsis and septic shock. Nevertheless, health-care systems may have limited resources and insufficient ICU beds for attending patients who might benefit from more intensive monitoring than in a general ward. In this context, […]
Abstract Number: 279
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Currently, patients admitted to the hospital are assigned specific levels of care such as intermediate intensive care or acute care. Differences among care at these levels largely differ through nursing ratio as well as frequency of nursing assessment. Costs per day for patients at different levels of care differ significantly as well. Little is […]