Critical care unit bed availability and postoperative outcomes: a multinational cohort study
Postoperative critical care admission is variable and related to bed availability. Statistical methods that adjust for unobserved confounding lowered the estimates of harm previously reported to have been associated with postoperative critical care admission. Our findings provide a rationale for a clinical trial which would evaluate any potential benefits for postoperative critical care admission for patients in whom there is no absolute indication for admission.
Authors
- R Campbell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7457-9065)
- Ramani Moonesinghe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6730-5824)
- Lisa M. Barneto
- Paul Stewart Myles (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3324-5456)
- Scott Popham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1234-4655)
- Doug Campbell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4685-7611)
- D. J. N. Wong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3524-1766)
- Helen Lindsay (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8614-1661)
- Tharusan Thevathasan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4698-4079)
- Andrew Wilson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8483-1626)
Institutions
- King's College London (GB)
- Singapore General Hospital (SG)
- Auckland City Hospital (NZ)
- National Institute for Health and Care Research (GB)
- Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité (DE)
- University College London (GB)
- Monash University (AU)
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Anaesthesia
- Published
- 2024-09-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/anae.16383
- Citations
- 12
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.82
Funders
- National Institute of Academic Anaesthesia
- Health Foundation Limburg
- Royal College of Anaesthetists