Intensive care discharge delay is associated with increased hospital length of stay: A multicentre prospective observational study.

Some patients experience a delayed discharge from the intensive care unit (ICU) where the intended and actual discharge times do not coincide. The clinical implications of this remain unclear.To determine the incidence and duration of delayed ICU discharge, identify the reasons for delay and evaluat...

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Main Authors: Ravindranath Tiruvoipati, John Botha, Jason Fletcher, Himangsu Gangopadhyay, Mainak Majumdar, Sanjiv Vij, Eldho Paul, David Pilcher, Australia and New Zealand Intensive Care Society (ANZICS) Clinical Trials Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5531506?pdf=render