ICU sedation, delirium & recovery
Association Between Nurse Copatient Illness Severity and Mortality in the ICU
Study context
- Population
- Patients hospitalized in 24 ICUs in 8 hospitals, January 1, 2018 to August 31, 202084,544 patient-shifts
- Participants
- 20,650 patients
- Exposure
- Copatient illness severity vs copatient on neither
- Outcome
- 28-day ICU mortality
Methodological detailsmultihospital health system, proportional hazards regression with time-varying covariates, Nurse-to-patient assignments for each 12-hour shift identified using a validated algorithm
- Multihospital health system
- Proportional hazards regression with time-varying covariates
- Nurse-to-patient assignments for each 12-hour shift identified using a validated algorithm
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Each group vs neitherHazard ratio (95% CI)P value
Both
1.30(1.05–1.61)
P = 0.02Vasoactive support alone
1.82(1.39–2.38)
P < 0.001Mechanical ventilation aloneno significant increase in risk of death
1.03(0.86–1.23)
P = 0.78Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Sensitivity analyses in cohorts with varying numbers of copatients
- Consistently increased risk of death when a copatient received vasoactive support
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Original publication
Association Between Nurse Copatient Illness Severity and Mortality in the ICU. Crit Care Med. Published 19 January 2024. doi:10.
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