Background & Objective: Many of the postoperative patients may require ventilatory
management. In a resource-limited country, not all of them may find a place in intensive care …

Der generelle medizinische Fortschritt sowie der demografische Wandel mit steigender
Lebenserwartung führen dazu, dass mehr potenziell komplikationsträchtige Operations-und …

Background Assessing risk of post-surgical mortality is a key component of pre-surgical
planning. The Surgical Outcome Risk Tool (SORT) uses pre-operative variables to predict …

Background Long‐term outcomes of patients admitted to intensive care units (ICUs) after
surgery are unknown. We investigated the long‐term effects of surgical exposure prior to …

Background: Admission to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for airway monitoring after
endoscopic balloon dilatation for subglottic stenosis (SGS) is common practice at our …

Background Most trauma patients admitted to the hospital alive and die later on, decease
during the initial care in the emergency department or the intensive care unit (ICU) …

A late-night code blue alarm ringing through a hospital's hallways is not new to our ears. We
as anesthesiologists and intensivists have been 'first responders' to these adverse events …

Background: Predicting postoperative mortality could optimize the use of resources
including intensive care unit (icu) admission. Aim: We analyzed postoperative mortality …

Objective: Assess the inter-hospital variation and factors associated with intensive care unit
(ICU) admission for adult elective non-cardiac surgical patients in Ontario. Methodology …

Background: Patient selection for critical care admission must balance patient safety with
optimal resource allocation. This study aimed to determine the relationship between critical …