Intensive care unit to unit capacity transfers are associated with increased mortality: an observational cohort study on patient transfers in the Swedish Intensive Care Register
Abstract Background Transfers from one intensive care unit (ICU) to another ICU are associated with increased length of intensive care and hospital stay. Inter-hospital ICU transfers are carried out for three main reasons: clinical transfers, capacity transfers and repatriations. The aim of the stud...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2022-04-01
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| Series: | Annals of Intensive Care |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13613-022-01003-x |