National growth in intensive care unit admissions from emergency departments in the United States from 2002 to 2009

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 479-486

  Mullins, Peter M ^a   Goyal, Munish ^b   Pines, Jesse M ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877914696     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acem.12134     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Halpern NA, Pastores SM,. Critical care medicine in the United States 2000-2005: an analysis of bed numbers, occupancy rates, payer mix, and costs. Crit Care Med. 2010; 38: 65-71.
2. Seferian EG, Afessa B,. Adult intensive care unit use at the end of life: a population-based study. Mayo Clin Proc. 2006; 81: 896-901.
3. Seferian EG, Afessa B,. Demographic and clinical variation of adult intensive care unit utilization from a geographically defined population. Crit Care Med. 2006; 34: 2113-9.
4. Sharma G, Freeman J, Zhang D, Goodwin JS,. Trends in end-of-life ICU use among older adults with advanced lung cancer. Chest. 2008; 133: 72-8.
5. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 100% MEDPAR Inpatient Hospital National Data for Fiscal Year 2010. Available at: http://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/ Statistics-Trends-and-Reports/MedicareFeeforSvcPartsAB/Downloads/DRG10.pdf. Accessed Jan 31, 2013.
6. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 100% MEDPAR inpatient hospital national data for fiscal year 2008. Available at: http://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/ Statistics-Trends-and-Reports/MedicareFeeforSvcPartsAB/Downloads/DRG08.pdf. Accessed Jan 31, 2013.
7. Sands KE, Bates DW, Lanken PN, et al. Epidemiology of sepsis syndrome in 8 academic medical centers. JAMA. 1997; 278: 234-40.
8. 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.
9. Alberti C, Brun-Buisson C, Burchardi H, et al. Epidemiology of sepsis and infection in ICU patients from an international multicentre cohort study. Intensive Care Med. 2002; 28: 108-21.
10. Wunsch H, Angus DC, Harrison DA, Linde-Zwirble WT, Rowan KM,. Comparison of medical admissions to intensive care units in the United States and United Kingdom. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2011; 183: 1666-73.
11. Hensher M, Edwards N, Stokes R,. International trends in the provision and utilisation of hospital care. BMJ. 1999; 319: 845-8.
12. Angus DC, Sirio CA, Clermont G, et al. International comparisons of critical care outcome and resource consumption. Crit Care Clin. 1997; 13: 389-407.
13. Brown SE, Ratcliffe SJ, Kahn JM, Halpern SD,. The epidemiology of intensive care unit readmissions in the United States. J Respir Crit Care Med. 2012; 185: 955-64.
14. Campbell AJ, Cook JA, Adey G, Cuthbertson BH,. Predicting death and readmission after intensive care discharge. Br J Anaesth. 2008; 100: 656-62.
15. Boudesteijn E, Arbous S, van den Berg P,. Predictors of intensive care unit readmission within 48 hours after discharge. Crit Care. 2007; 11 (Suppl 2): P475.
16. Rivers E, Nguyen B, Havstad S, et al. Early goal-directed therapy in the treatment of severe sepsis and septic shock. N Engl J Med. 2001; 345: 1368-77.
17. Hypothermia after Cardiac Arrest Study Group. Mild therapeutic hypothermia to improve the neurologic outcome after cardiac arrest. N Engl J Med. 2002; 346: 549-56.
18. MacKenzie EJ, Rivara FP, Jurkovich GJ, et al. A national evaluation of the effect of trauma-center care on mortality. N Engl J Med. 2006; 354: 366-78.
19. Institute of Medicine. IOM report: the future of emergency care in the United States health system. Acad Emerg Med. 2006; 13: 1081-5.
20. Schuur JD, Venkatesh AK,. The growing role of emergency departments in hospital admissions. N Engl J Med. 2012; 367: 391-3.
21. Hsia RY, Kellermann AL, Shen Y,. Factors associated with closures of emergency departments in the United States. JAMA. 2011; 305: 1978-85.
22. Pitts SR, Pines JM, Handrigan MT, Kellermann AL,. National trends in emergency department occupancy, 2001 to 2008: effect of inpatient admissions versus emergency department practice intensity. Ann Emerg Med. 2012; 60: 679-86.
23. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Ambulatory Health Care Data: Questionnaires, Datasets, and Related Documentation. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/ahcd/ahcd-questionnaires.htm. Accessed Jan 31, 2013.
24. Bone RC, Balk RA, Cerra FB, et al. Definitions for sepsis and organ failure and guidelines for the use of innovative therapies in sepsis. The ACCP/SCCM Consensus Conference Committee. American College of Chest Physicians/Society of Critical Care Medicine. Chest. 1992; 101: 1644-55.
25. Tang N, Stein J, Hsia RY, Maselli JH, Gonzales R,. Trends and characteristics of US emergency department visits, 1997-2007. JAMA. 2010; 304: 664-70.
26. Pines JM,. Trends in the rates of radiography use and important diagnoses in emergency department patients with abdominal pain. Med Care. 2009; 47: 782-6.
27. Pines JM, Hollander JE,. Emergency department crowding is associated with poor care for patients with severe pain. Ann Emerg Med. 2008; 51: 1-5.
28. Pines JM, Pollack CV Jr, Diercks DB, Chang AM, Shofer FS, Hollander JE,. The association between emergency department crowding and adverse cardiovascular outcomes in patients with chest pain. Acad Emerg Med. 2009; 16: 617-25.
29. Bernstein SL, Aronsky D, Duseja R, et al. The effect of emergency department crowding on clinically oriented outcomes. Acad Emerg Med. 2009; 16: 1-10.
30. Chalfin DB, Trzeciak S, Likourezos A, Baumann BM, Dellinger PR,. Impact of delayed transfer of critically ill patients from the emergency department to the intensive care unit. Crit Care Med. 2007; 35: 1477-83.
31. Mayglothling JA, Gunnerson KJ, Huang DT,. Current practice, demographics, and trends of critical care trained emergency physicians in the United States. Acad Emerg Med. 2010; 17: 325-9.