General illness severity scores are widely used in the ICU to predict outcome, characterize
disease severity and degree of organ dysfunction, and assess resource use. In this article …

Study objective To evaluate the causes, risk factors, and mortality rates associated with
unexpected readmission to medical and surgical ICUs. Data sources MEDLINE citation …

Executive Summary The Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of
Infectious Agents in Health Care Settings 2007 updates and expands the 1996 Guideline for …

Objectives The relationship between physiologic status and mortality risk should be
reevaluated as new treatment protocols, therapeutic interventions, and monitoring strategies …

Objective: To improve the accuracy of the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation
(APACHE) method for predicting hospital mortality among critically ill adults and to evaluate …

Objective Despite concern over the appropriateness and quality of care provided in an
intensive care unit (ICU) at the end of life, the number of Americans who receive ICU care at …

A 1-d point-prevalence study was performed with the aim of describing the characteristics of
conventional mechanical ventilation in intensive care units ICUs from North America, South …

Objective: To investigate the association of collaboration between intensive care unit (ICU)
physicians and nurses and patient outcome. Design: Prospective, descriptive, correlational …

A significant portion of health care resources are spent in intensive care units with,
historically, up to two-fold variation in risk-adjusted mortality. Technological, demographic …

Objective: To develop and validate a prognostic model that estimates survival over a 180-
day period for seriously ill hospitalized adults (phase I of SUPPORT [Study to Understand …