Why the study?
Does a long ICU discharge delay increase in-hospital mortality or length of stay in adult medical ICU patients?
Population
9,673 adult patient discharges admitted to the medical ICU between 2005 and 2011 at a single tertiary…
Comparison
Long discharge delay vs Short discharge delay (<24 hours)
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
In-hospital
Key result
A long ICU discharge delay (≥24 hours) was not associated with increased odds of death compared to a short delay (aOR 0.99; 95% CI 0.74-1.31; P=0.95).
Authors
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Long ICU discharge delays were not linked to mortality; leaves open effects on other outcomes and requires prospective confirmation.
Cohort (n=9,673)
No
Does a long ICU discharge delay increase in-hospital mortality or length of stay in adult medical ICU patients?
Odds Ratio: 0.99 (95% CI 0.74–1.31)
p-value: p=.95
Long ICU discharge delays (≥24 hours) are not associated with increased in-hospital mortality, but are associated with shorter post-ICU length of stay, though overall hospital length of stay from bed request is longer.
Bose et al. (2018) conducted a cohort in ICU admission (n=9,673). Long discharge delay (≥24 hours) vs. Short discharge delay (<24 hours) was evaluated on death (aOR 0.99, 95% CI 0.74-1.31, p=.95). A long ICU discharge delay (≥24 hours) was not associated with increased odds of death compared to a short delay (aOR 0.99; 95% CI 0.74-1.31; P=0.95).