A predictive model for the early identification of patients at risk for a prolonged intensive care unit length of stay

AA Kramer, JE Zimmerman - BMC medical informatics and decision …, 2010 - Springer
ICU stay. This study developed and validated a model that identifies patients at risk for a
prolonged ICU stay… for predicting ICU stay remaining after day 5 accurately identified patients at …

Patients readmitted to ICUs: a systematic review of risk factors and outcomes

AL Rosenberg, C Watts - Chest, 2000 - Elsevier
… a longer ICU stay would prevent readmission, nor can we rule out poor processes of care
outside the ICU as a cause for a patient's readmission. A quick return to the ICU might indicate …

Prolonged intensive care unit stay in cardiac surgery: risk factors and long-term-survival

OV Hein, J Birnbaum, K Wernecke, M England… - The Annals of thoracic …, 2006 - Elsevier
risk factors for the end point of ICU stay greater than 3 days in a consecutive cardiac surgery
patient … survival in these patients with and without a prolonged ICU stay greater than 3 days. …

Evaluation of ICU risk models adapted for use as continuous markers of severity of illness throughout the ICU stay

O Badawi, X Liu, E Hassan, PJ Amelung… - Critical care …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
… We sought to understand how three different ICU risk models would perform when repurposed
into hourly scores throughout the ICU stay. Overall, all three risk models (APACHE, SOFA, …

Morbidity and duration of ICU stay after cardiac surgery: a model for preoperative risk assessment

KJ Turnan, RJ McCarthy, RJ March, H Najafi… - Chest, 1992 - Elsevier
… Increasing clinical risk score was also associated with a greater frequency of individual …
ICU stay. This study demonstrates that it is feasible to design a simple method to stratify the risk

Risk of invasive candidiasis with prolonged duration of ICU stay: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Z Zhang, R Zhu, Z Luan, X Ma - BMJ open, 2020 - bmjopen.bmj.com
… This meta-analysis finds that patients who had longer length of ICU stay were more likely
to … should be considered in the ICU to reduce potential risk of fungal infection and its …

Multicenter validation of a risk index for mortality, intensive care unit stay, and overall hospital length of stay after cardiac surgery

JV Tu, SB Jaglal, CD Naylor - Circulation, 1995 - Am Heart Assoc
… was a very significant risk factor for mortality (odds ratio, 3.22; P<.001), whereas it did not
quite reach statistical significance for long ICU stays (P=.064) or long postoperative stays (P=.…

Preoperative calculation of risk for prolonged intensive care unit stay following coronary artery bypass grafting

SV Ghotkar, AD Grayson, BM Fabri, WC Dihmis… - Journal of …, 2006 - Springer
… Such patients have cost implications and can lead to shortage of ICU beds. We aimed to
develop a preoperative risk prediction tool for prolonged ICU stay following coronary artery …

Prediction of Prolonged Length of Stay in the Intensive Care Unit After Cardiac Surgery: The Need for a Multi‐institutional Risk Scoring System

N Messaoudi, J De Cocker, B Stockman… - Journal of cardiac …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
risk factor and endpoint definitions. We also assess the need of a multi-institutional risk scoring
system for an extended ICU stay… know what an extended ICU stay implied for the surgeon …

High risk of hospital-acquired infection in the ICU patient

LG DONOWITZ, RP WENZEL, JW HOYT - Critical care medicine, 1982 - journals.lww.com
… during their hospital stay, critically ill patients in the ICU have an 18% risk (p < 0.001… patients
admitted to an ICU developed nosocomial infections. Patients who had prolonged ICU stays