Minerva anestesiologica
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Minerva anestesiologica · Aug 2018
Multicenter StudyWorkload and severity of illness of patients on intensive care units with available intermediate care units: a multicenter cohort study.
Intermediate Care Units (IMCU) are established in many hospitals to better match the requirements of patient care with respect to their personnel, equipment and other resources. This should relieve Intensive Care Unit (ICU) capacities for more severely ill patients and reduce readmissions to ICU. This study was conducted to investigate the effects of IMCU use on ICU populations. ⋯ The use of IMCUs influences resource utilization of ICUs. Severity of illness and workload was higher in ICUs with high IMCU and more scheduled discharges occurred during the main working hours while readmission rates were similar.