A Model for Identifying Patients Who May Not Need Neurologic Intensive Care Unit Admission: Resource Utilization Study

Conclusion: The outcome for LRM patients in our neuro-ICU suggests they may not require admission to neurologic intensive care. This may provide a measure of neuro-ICU resource use. Improved resource use and reduced costs might be achieved by strategies to provide care for these patients on floors or intermediate care units. This model will need to be validated in other neuro-ICUs and prospectively studied before it can be adopted for triaging admissions to neuro-ICUs.

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Source: Journal of Intensive Care Medicine - January 26, 2016 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Sadaka, F., Cytron, M. A., Fowler, K., Javaux, V. M., OBrien, J. Tags: Review of a Large Clinical Series Source Type: research