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Unit-to-unit transfer due to shortage of intensive care beds in Sweden 2015–2019 was associated with a lower risk of death but a longer intensive care stay compared to no transfer: a registry study
Main finding · Death within 90 days after ICU admissionResult — go to the resultOdds ratio 0.71 95% CI 0.65–0.69Authors' conclusion
Intensive care unit-to-unit transfer due to shortage of bed capacity as compared to no transfer during a 5-year period preceding the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden was associated with lower risk of death within 90 days but with longer stay in intensive care.
Study context
- Population
- Critically ill ICU patients in the Swedish Intensive Care Registry over a 5-year period before the COVID-19 pandemic; patients with insufficient data or a recurring capacity transfer within 90 days excluded161,140 eligible ICU admissions
- Participants
- 2,912 vs 135,641
- Exposure
- Capacity transfer to another ICU due to bed shortage vs no transfer
- Transferredn = 2,912
- Non-transferredn = 135,641reference
- Outcome
- Death within 90 days after ICU admission
- Follow-up
- 90 days
Methodological detailsnationwide registry, step-wise adjusted logistic regression, Excluded: insufficient data entries or recurring capacity transfer within 90 days
- Nationwide registry
- Step-wise adjusted logistic regression
- Excluded: insufficient data entries or recurring capacity transfer within 90 days
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Odds ratio
0.71
95% CI 0.65–0.69
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Days spent in intensive care · within 90 days · fully adjusted model
Parts of this Brief are withheld: the automatic checks could not confirm them against the abstract.
Original publication
Unit-to-unit transfer due to shortage of intensive care beds in Sweden 2015–2019 was associated with a lower risk of death but a longer intensive care stay compared to no transfer: a registry study. J Intensive Care. Published 27 February 2024. doi:10.
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