ICU physicians are unable to accurately predict length of stay at admission: a prospective study
- 13 December 2015
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in International Journal for Quality in Health Care
- Vol. 28 (1), 99-103
- https://doi.org/10.1093/intqhc/mzv112
Abstract
To evaluate the accuracy of prediction of intensive care unit length of stay made by physicians at patient admission. Prospective cohort study. Three medical-surgical intensive care units in an oncology hospital. All patients admitted between January and December 2014. None. Intensive care unit (ICU) length of stay was estimated by the physicians responsible for patient admission and categorized as 5 days were significantly less accurate than those of <48 h and of 2-5 days (31.1, 59.8 and 53.1%, respectively, P < 0.001). The intensive care unit length of stay prediction in these oncological intensive care units is inaccurate and, ideally, should not be made at admission.Keywords
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