NIH R01 · 2024
PROJECT SUMMARY Decisions to admit patients with acute respiratory failure (ARF) and sepsis (the most common and lethal cause of the acute respiratory distress syndrome) to intensive care units (ICUs) are highly variable across the US. And, yet, these triage decisions have a substantial impact on patient outcomes. In our prior work, we used detailed electronic health record (EHR) data from 9.2 million hospitalizations and found that decisions to admit ARF patients to wards were associated with a 3.8% absolute increase in mortality. In contrast, choices to admit sepsis patients to ICUs resulted in considerably longer length of stay and a 5.1% absolute increase in death. The nationwide impact…
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