Abstract Background In Japan, the government designates hospitals specialized in cancer
care, requiring them to perform 400 surgeries annually without requiring surgical volume per …

Objective To determine whether the risk of mortality in patients with SLE hospitalized with
sepsis varies among hospitals in the USA. Methods We used the National Inpatient Sample …

Given the complexity of care necessitated after an acute traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI), it
seems intuitively beneficial for such care to be delivered at hospitals with specialized SCI …

OBJECTIVES: The optimal staffing model for physicians in the ICU is unknown. Patient-to-
intensivist ratios may offer a simple measure of workload and be associated with patient …

BACKGROUND Seriously injured patients may benefit from prehospital interventions
provided by a critical care physician. The relationship between case volume and outcome …

Aims The incidence of respiratory failure and use of invasive or non-invasive mechanical
ventilation (MV) in the cardiac intensive care units (CICUs) is increasing. While institutional …

Background We sought to determine the cumulative incidence of readmissions after a
seizure-related hospitalization and identify risk factors and readmission diagnoses. Methods …

Objectives: The Society of Critical Care Medicine convened its Academic Leaders in Critical
Care Medicine taskforce on February 22, 2016, during the 45th Critical Care Congress to …

Objectives: To determine whether ICUs caring for higher volumes of acute respiratory
distress syndrome patients would be associated with lower ICU mortality. Design: A 9-year …

Background The volume-outcome relationship in patients with severe Coronavirus disease
2019 (COVID-19) is unclear and is important for establishing a system for the medical care …