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Outcomes of mechanically ventilated patients who require readmission to the intensive care unit
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This article is published in Chest.The article was published on 2006-10-01. It has received 2 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Intensive care unit.read more
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The use of an electronic medical record based automatic calculation tool to quantify risk of unplanned readmission to the intensive care unit: a validation study.
Subhash Chandra,Dipti Agarwal,Andrew C. Hanson,Joseph C. Farmer,Brian W. Pickering,Ognjen Gajic,Vitaly Herasevich +6 more
TL;DR: The EMR-based automatic tool accurately calculates SWIFT score and can facilitate ICU discharge decisions without the need for manual data collection.
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Readmission to intensive care: A qualitative analysis of nurses' perceptions and experiences
TL;DR: Five main themes were identified that contributed to the readmission of patients to intensive care: premature discharge from intensive care, delayed medical care at the ward level, heavy nursing workloads, lack of adequately qualified staff, and clinically "challenging" patients who demanded a different skill set from the nurses.