Medical/Surgical ICU belonging to a 2790 acute care teaching hospital
Population: 2559 CIPs admitted consecutively to the ICU; sample: 53 CIPs
Exclusion criteria: CIPs < 16 years, major burn CIPs, incomplete clinical documentation, and voluntary discharge.
Variables analyzed:
a) length of stay (LOS), readmission
b) RW of DRG (AP-DRG 25.0 version)
c) invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV), non-invasive mechanical ventilation (nIMV)
d) renal replacement therapy (RRT)
e) Intracranial pressure, transcranial Doppler ultrasound
f) isolation measures
g) cardiac catheterization
Statistical analysis: Ji squared and contrast of means (Student's t)