Resultados: 4

Patient destination after discharge from intensive care units: wards or intermediate care units?

Rev. latinoam. enferm; 18 (2), 2010
This study characterizes patients hospitalized in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) of hospitals that have intermediate units (IU) regarding their demographic and clinical data and identifies factors related to discharge from these units. This prospective longitudinal study involved 600 adult patients hospital...

Indicators of healthcare results: analysis of adverse events during hospital stays

Rev. latinoam. enferm; 16 (4), 2008
This quantitative, retrospective study aimed to characterize adverse events (AE) in Intensive Care Units (ICU), Semi-Intensive Care Units (SCU) and Inpatient Units (IU), regarding nature, type, day of the week and nursing professionals / patient ratio at the moment of occurrence; as well as to identify n...

Predictors of nursing workload in elderly patients admitted to intensive care units

Rev. latinoam. enferm; 16 (2), 2008
The age of patients is a controversial issue in admission to intensive care unit (ICU). The aim of this study was to compare severity and nursing workload of elderly patients with 60-69, 70-79, and e"80 years of age and to identify predictors of nursing workload in elderly patients. A cross sectional stu...