Direct admission to the intensive care unit from the emergency department and mortality in critically ill hematology patients.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to assess the benefit of direct ICU admission from the emergency department (ED) compared to admission from wards, in patients with hematological malignancies requiring critical care. METHODS:Post hoc analysis derived from a prospective, multicenter cohort study of 1011 critically ill adult patients with hematologic malignancies admitted to 17 ICU in Belgium and France from January 2010 to May 2011. The variable of interest was a direct ICU admission from the ED and the outcome was in-hospital mortality. The association between the variable of interest and the outcome was assessed by multivariable logistic regression after multiple imputation of missing data. Several sensitivity analyses were performed: complete case analysis, propensity score matching

SUBMITTER: Peyrony O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6775178 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature