Why the study?
Existing critical care admission guidelines based on predicted 30-day mortality risk may not best identify which surgical patients would benefit from critical care and how to avoid unplanned admissions.
What are the independent risk factors for unplanned critical care admission after major non-cardiac, non-thoracic, and non-neurological surgery?
What are the independent risk factors for unplanned critical care admission after major non-cardiac, non-thoracic, and non-neurological surgery?
Multiple independent risk factors, including age, BMI, and comorbidity burden, were identified for unplanned critical care admission after major surgery, which could inform future risk prediction tools.
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These factors should inform preoperative risk stratification and resource allocation; extends evidence base for developing validated prediction models.
Onwochei et al. (2020) studied this question.
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