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SUBMITTER: Harris S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6006241 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Harris Steve S Singer Mervyn M Sanderson Colin C Grieve Richard R Harrison David D Rowan Kathryn K
Intensive care medicine 20180507 5
<h4>Purpose</h4>To estimate the effect of prompt admission to critical care on mortality for deteriorating ward patients.<h4>Methods</h4>We performed a prospective cohort study of consecutive ward patients assessed for critical care. Prompt admissions (within 4 h of assessment) were compared to a 'watchful waiting' cohort. We used critical care strain (bed occupancy) as a natural randomisation event that would predict prompt transfer to critical care. Strain was classified as low, medium or high ...[more]