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Temporal clustering of critical illness events on medical wards.
July 26, 2023
Doshi S, Shin S, Lapointe-Shaw L, et al. JAMA Intern Med. 2023;183(9):924-932.
Missed recognition of early signs of clinical deterioration can result in transfer to the intensive care unit (ICU) or death. This study investigated whether critical illness events (transfer to ICU or death) impacted another patient's critical illness event in the subsequent six-hour period. Results suggest one or more critical illness events increase the odds of additional patient transfers into the ICU, but not of death. The authors present several explanations for this phenomenon.
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