Are intensivists safe?

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 148, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 877-879

  Rubenfeld, Gordon D ^a,c   Angus, Derek C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 44649132599     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-148-11-200806030-00010     Document Type: Editorial

References (23)

1. Rubenfeld GD, McNamara-Aslin E, Rubinson L. The pulmonary artery catheter, 1967-2007: rest in peace? [Editorial]. JAMA. 2007;298:458-61. [PMID: 17652302]
2. Angus DC, Linde-Zwirble WT, Lidicker J, Clermont G, Carcillo J, Pinsky MR. Epidemiology of severe sepsis in the United States: analysis of incidence, outcome, and associated costs of care. Crit Care Med. 2001;29:1303-10. [PMID: 11445675]
3. Herridge MS, Cheung AM, Tansey CM, Matte-Martyn A, Diaz-Granados N, Al-Saidi F, et al. Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. One-year outcomes in survivors of the acute respiratory distress syndrome. N Engl J Med. 2003;348:683-93. [PMID: 12594312]
4. Rubenfeld GD, Caldwell E, Peabody E, Weaver J, Martin DP, Neff M, et al. Incidence and outcomes of acute lung injury. N Engl J Med. 2005;353:1685-93. [PMID: 16236739]
5. Van den Berghe G, Wilmer A, Hermans G, Meersseman W, Wouters PJ, Milants I, et al. Intensive insulin therapy in the medical ICU. N Engl J Med. 2006;354:449-61. [PMID: 16452557]
6. The Leapfrog Group for Patient Safety. Accessed at www.leapfroggroup.org/ for_hospitals/leapfrog_hospital_survey_copy/leapfrog_safety_practices/ in_physician_staffing on 2 May 2008.
7. Pronovost PJ, Angus DC, Dorman T, Robinson KA, Dremsizov TT, Young TL. Physician staffing patterns and clinical outcomes in critically ill patients: a systematic review. JAMA. 2002;288:2151-62. [PMID: 12413375]
8. Young MP, Birkmeyer JD. Potential reduction in mortality rates using an intensivist model to manage intensive care units. Eff Clin Pract. 2000;3:284-9. [PMID: 11151525]
9. Angus DC, Shorr AF, White A, Dremsizov TT, Schmitz RJ, Kelley MA. Committee on Manpower for Pulmonary and Critical Care Societies (COMPACCS). Critical care delivery in the United States: distribution of services and compliance with Leapfrog recommendations. Crit Care Med. 2006;34:1016-24. [PMID: 16505703]
10. Levy MM, Rapoport J, Lemeshow S, Chalfin DB, Phillips G, Danis M. Association between critical care physician management and patient mortality in the intensive care unit. Ann Intern Med. 2008;148:801-9.
11. Treggiari MM, Martin DP, Yanez ND, Caldwell E, Hudson LD, Rubenfeld GD. Effect of intensive care unit organizational model and structure on outcomes in patients with acute lung injury. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2007;176:685-90. [PMID: 17556721]
12. Sinuff T, Adhikari NK, Cook DJ, Schünemann HJ, Griffith LE, Rocker G, et al. Mortality predictions in the intensive care unit: comparing physicians with scoring systems. Crit Care Med. 2006;34:878-85. [PMID: 16505667]
13. Pronovost PJ, Jenckes MW, Dorman T, Garrett E, Breslow MJ, Rosenfeld BA, et al. Organizational characteristics of intensive care units related to outcomes of abdominal aortic surgery. JAMA. 1999;281:1310-7. [PMID: 10208147]
14. Nathens AB, Rivara FP, MacKenzie EJ, Maier RV, Wang J, Egleston B, et al. The impact of an intensivist-model ICU on trauma-related mortality. Ann Surg. 2006;244:545-54. [PMID: 16998363]
15. Dimick JB, Pronovost PJ, Heitmiller RF, Lipsett PA. Intensive care unit physician staffing is associated with decreased length of stay, hospital cost, and complications after esophageal resection. Crit Care Med. 2001;29:753-8. [PMID: 11373463]
16. Diringer MN, Edwards DF. Admission to a neurologic/neurosurgical intensive care unit is associated with reduced mortality rate after intracerebral hemorrhage. Crit Care Med. 2001;29:635-40. [PMID: 11373434]
17. Gajic O, Afessa B, Hanson AC, Krpata T, Yilmaz M, Mohamed SF, et al. Effect of 24-hour mandatory versus on-demand critical care specialist presence on quality of care and family and provider satisfaction in the intensive care unit of a teaching hospital. Crit Care Med. 2008;36:36-44. [PMID: 18007270]
18. Dara SI, Afessa B. Intensivist-to-bed ratio: association with outcomes in the medical ICU. Chest. 2005;128:567-72. [PMID: 16100139]
19. Kahn JM, Brake H, Steinberg KP. Intensivist physician staffing and the process of care in academic medical centres. Qual Saf Health Care. 2007;16:329-33. [PMID: 17913772]
20. Kollef MH, Ward S. The influence of access to a private attending physician on the withdrawal of life-sustaining therapies in the intensive care unit. Crit Care Med. 1999;27:2125-32. [PMID: 10548193]
21. Zimmerman JE, Alzola C, Von Rueden KT. The use of benchmarking to identify top performing critical care units: a preliminary assessment of their policies and practices. J Crit Care. 2003;18:76-86. [PMID: 12800117]
22. Pronovost PJ, Holzmueller CG, Clattenburg L, Berenholtz S, Martinez EA, Paz JR, et al. Team care: beyond open and closed intensive care units. Curr Opin Crit Care. 2006;12:604-8. [PMID: 17077695]
23. Kahn JM, Matthews FA, Angus DC, Barnato AE, Rubenfeld GD. Barriers to implementing the Leapfrog Group recommendations for intensivist physician staffing: a survey of intensive care unit directors. J Crit Care. 2007;22:97-103. [PMID: 17548019]