Perioperative medicine & outcomes
The Association of ICU Acuity and Organizational Factors With Outcomes of Low-Risk Patients
Main finding · Hospital mortalityResult — go to the resultOdds ratio 1.095 CI 0.942–1.274Authors' conclusion
ICU acuity was not associated with outcomes in low-risk patients.
Study context
- Population
- Low-risk patients (SAPS 3 probability of death < 3%) admitted to 134 ICUs in Brazil and Uruguay, 2016–2018low risk, of 285,553
- Participants
- 69,675 patients
- Exposure
- ICU acuity and organizational factors
- Outcome
- Hospital mortality
Methodological detailsmulticentre, multilevel multivariable regression
- Multicentre
- Multilevel multivariable regression
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Odds ratio
1.095
CI 0.942–1.274
ICU acuity
OR 1.095 (CI 0.942–1.274)
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Secondary outcomes
Hospital mortality by dedicated ICU pharmacists
| OR (CI) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dedicated pharmacistsIndependently associated with lower hospital mortality | 0.531 (0.365–0.773) | |
| 0.20.5125Odds ratio (log scale) |
Hospital mortality by number of implemented clinical protocols
| OR (CI) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number of clinical protocolsIndependently associated with lower hospital mortality | 0.817 (0.688–0.970) | |
| 0.512Odds ratio (log scale) |
ICU mortality, ICU and hospital lengths of stay (LOS) by ICU acuity
- ICU acuity not associated with any secondary outcome
ICU and hospital LOS by clinical protocols
- Clinical protocols associated with shorter ICU and hospital LOS
Original publication
The Association of ICU Acuity and Organizational Factors With Outcomes of Low-Risk Patients. Crit Care Med. Published 7 February 2025. doi:10.
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