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

Tiruvoipati, Ravindranath; Botha, John; Fletcher, Jason; Gangopadhyay, Himangsu; Majumdar, Mainak; Vij, Sanjiv; Paul, Eldho; Pilcher, David

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0181827

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

Published in PLoS ONE • Jul 27, 2017

Authors:

Ravindranath Tiruvoipati

John Botha

Jason Fletcher

Abstract

BACKGROUND: 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. OBJECTIVE: To determine the incidence and duration of delayed ICU discharge, identify the reaso...

Subject

Medicine

Hospital discharge

Observational study

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