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To evaluate the incidence of clinical and non-clinical adverse events during the intrahospital transport of critically ill adults and identify associated clinical risk factors.

January 1, 2019Revista Brasileira de Terapia IntensivaOpen Access

Adverse events during intrahospital transport of critically ill patients in a large hospital

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To evaluate the incidence of clinical and non-clinical adverse events during the intrahospital transport of critically ill adults and identify associated clinical risk factors.
Retrospective cohort study conducted between October 2016 and October 2017 across six adult intensive care units in a single large hospital.
Analyzed all diagnostic and therapeutic intrahospital transports (N=1,559 transports among 1,348 patients; mean age 66 ± 17 years; mean transport time 43 ± 34 minutes) for clinical and non-clinical events.
Clinical adverse events occurred in 7.5% (117/1,559) and non-clinical adverse events in 8.0% (125/1,559) of transports, while 98.1% of patients maintained baseline clinical status at transport completion.
Multivariate analysis showed adverse clinical events were significantly associated with transport duration >36.5 minutes and the use of sedatives, noradrenaline, or nitroprusside.
Non-clinical events were significantly associated with transport duration >36.5 minutes and the use of dobutamine, with communication failures being prevalent.

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Retrospective cohort study identifies frequent adverse events during intrahospital transport in critically ill patients, highlighting risks linked to sedatives, vasoactive drugs, and transit time.

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Veiga et al. (2019) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a6f2dbe6c240de38cdb692a https://doi.org/10.5935/0103-507x.20190003

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Retrospective cohort study identifies frequent adverse events during intrahospital transport in critically ill patients, highlighting risks linked to sedatives, vasoactive drugs, and transit time.

Adverse events during intrahospital transport of critically ill patients in a large hospital

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