Pregnant and postpartum admissions to the intensive care unit: a systematic review

W Pollock, L Rose, CL Dennis - Intensive care medicine, 2010 - Springer
Purpose To determine the incidence and characteristics of pregnant and postpartum women
requiring admission to an intensive care unit (ICU). Methods Medline, PubMed, EMBASE …

Focused echocardiography: a systematic review of diagnostic and clinical decision‐making in anaesthesia and critical care

J Heiberg, D El‐Ansary, DJ Canty, AG Royse… - …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Focused echocardiography is becoming a widely used tool to aid clinical assessment by
anaesthetists and critical care physicians. At the present time, most physicians are not yet …

Recommendations on basic requirements for intensive care units: structural and organizational aspects

A Valentin, P Ferdinande… - Intensive care …, 2011 - Springer
Objective To provide guidance and recommendations for the planning or renovation of
intensive care units (ICUs) with respect to the specific characteristics relevant to …

Trends in critical care beds and use among population groups and Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries in the United States: 2000–2010

NA Halpern, DA Goldman, KS Tan… - Critical care …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: To analyze patterns of critical care medicine beds, use, and costs in acute care
hospitals in the United States and relate critical care medicine beds and use to population …

Epidemiology of critically ill patients in intensive care units: a population-based observational study

A Garland, K Olafson, CD Ramsey, M Yogendran… - Critical Care, 2013 - Springer
Introduction Epidemiologic assessment of critically ill people in Intensive Care Units (ICUs)
is needed to ensure the health care system can meet current and future needs. However …

Disease patterns and clinical outcomes of patients admitted in intensive care units of tertiary referral hospitals of Tanzania

HR Sawe, JA Mfinanga, SJ Lidenge… - BMC international health …, 2014 - Springer
Abstract Background In sub-Saharan Africa the availability of intensive care unit (ICU)
services is limited by a variety of factors, including lack of financial resources, lack of …

A conceptual framework for improving critical care patient flow and bed use

KS Mathews, EF Long - Annals of the American Thoracic Society, 2015 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: High demand for intensive care unit (ICU) services and limited bed availability
have prompted hospitals to address capacity planning challenges. Simulation modeling can …

A literature review of organisational, individual and teamwork factors contributing to the ICU discharge process

F Lin, W Chaboyer, M Wallis - Australian Critical Care, 2009 - Elsevier
AIM: It is everyday news that we need more intensive care unit (ICU) beds, thus effective use
of existing resources is imperative. The aim of this literature review was to critically analyse …

Dexmedetomidine versus standard care sedation with propofol or midazolam in intensive care: an economic evaluation

H Turunen, SM Jakob, E Ruokonen, KM Kaukonen… - Critical care, 2015 - Springer
Introduction Dexmedetomidine was shown in two European randomized double-blind
double-dummy trials (PRODEX and MIDEX) to be non-inferior to propofol and midazolam in …

The Italian NHS: what lessons to draw from COVID-19?

L Garattini, M Zanetti, N Freemantle - Applied health economics and …, 2020 - Springer
Italy was the first European country to be dramatically hit by the COVID-19 pandemic,
recording the highest official number of victims in the world up to Easter 2020. Of course, this …