Impact of patient admission source on respiratory intensive care unit outcomes
Our study suggests that ward-to-ICU patients had higher mortality rates compared to ED-to-ICU patients. Triage protocols to better identify potentially critically ill patients in the ED may improve outcomes by avoiding delays in care and better assignment of admission location.
Authors
- Eylem Tunçay (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5046-1943)
- Sinem Güngör (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1163-125X)
- Gül Erdal Dönmez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8377-1876)
- Gökay Güngör (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2294-489X)
- Nalan Adıgüzel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7033-8494)
- Zühal Karakurt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1635-0016)
- Özlem Yazıcıoğlu Moçin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3161-6118)
- İbrahim Durak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9032-0977)
- Büşra Durak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2638-1513)
- Hamide Gül Şekerbey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7085-5157)
- Barış Yılmaz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4811-4907)
Institutions
- University of Health Science (KH)
- Hitit Üniversitesi (TR)
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi (TR)
- University of Health Sciences Antigua (AG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Pulmonary Medicine
- Published
- 2025-03-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-025-03583-3
- Primary Topic
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00