Why the study?
Does a critical care nursing outreach service improve length of stay, readmission rates, and hospital survival in patients discharged from the intensive care unit?
Population
Patients admitted to intensive care units in 3 adult teaching hospitals
Comparison
Critical care nursing outreach service… vs Historical controls
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
Until hospital discharge
Authors
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Does not support critical care nursing outreach post-ICU; leaves open need for randomized trials to confirm impact on outcomes.
Does a critical care nursing outreach service improve length of stay, readmission rates, and hospital survival in patients discharged from the intensive care unit?
Implementation of a critical care nursing outreach service did not improve hospital length of stay, ICU readmission rates, or hospital survival for patients discharged from the ICU.
Williams et al. (2010) studied this question.
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