Objective: To evaluate the impact of direct discharge home (DDH) from ICUs compared with
ward transfer on safety outcomes of readmissions, emergency department (ED) visits, and …

Importance Delays in transfer for discharge-ready patients from the intensive care unit (ICU)
are increasingly described and contribute to strained capacity. Objective To describe the …

OBJECTIVES: Critically ill patients are increasingly being discharged directly home from
PICU as opposed to discharged home, via the ward. The objective was to assess the …

OBJECTIVES: To compare health service use and clinical outcomes for patients with and
without direct discharge to home (DDH) from ICUs in Ontario. DESIGN: Population-based …

Purpose: To evaluate the long-term safety of directly discharging intensive care unit (ICU)
survivors to their home. Methods: A retrospective observational cohort of 341 ICU survivors …

Objective: To evaluate the safety of directly discharging patients home from the medical
intensive care unit (MICU). Materials and Methods: Single-center retrospective observational …

Discharging patients directly to home from the intensive care unit (ICU) is becoming a new
trend. This review examines the feasibility, benefits, challenges, and considerations of …

To the Editor, In Canada, there is an increasing trend of patients being directly discharged
home (DDH) from intensive care units (ICUs). 1, 2 Approximately 14%–23% of ICU survivors …

OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to determine the mortality and predictive factors affecting
mortality of patients discharged directly from the intensive care unit (ICU) at the thirdand …

Introduction: Patients admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) typically transfer to
an acute care floor prior to discharge (ACD). Various circumstances, including rapid clinical …