[PDF] Top 20 Case mix and outcomes for admissions to UK adult, general critical care units with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a secondary analysis of the ICNARC Case Mix Programme Database

... of admissions, and if the development of organ fail- ure were to precipitously trigger withdrawal decisions then interpretation of the prognosis associated with organ failure would be ...COPD admissions to ... See full document

... of chronic health and spe- cific diagnoses on mortality, such as the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II) score and the Sim- plified Acute Physiology Score II (SAPS II), are able to ... See full document

... the UK [41], it was shown that 30% of deaths in ICU occurred in patients who had received CPR before ...Because chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may be acting as a ... See full document

... Because chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may be acting as a confounding illness at older ages, these findings should be interpreted with ...the UK, 31% in Scotland [56], ... See full document

... the UK Renal Association standards document [18] and roughly corre- sponds to the 'failure' category in the RIFLE criteria or to stage 3 of the Acute Kidney Injury Network ...for chronic irreversible kidney ... See full document

... to database custodians [3]. The Intensive Care National Audit & Research Centre (ICN- ARC) is an independent charity (Registered Charity Number 1039417) established in ...1994. ICNARC coordinates ... See full document

... CMP database has an average coverage of 45% of general adult critical care units during the period studied, and the submissions studied are therefore representative of ... See full document

... CMP database has an average coverage of 45% of general adult critical care units during the period studied, and the submissions studied are therefore representative of ... See full document

... the case mix and out- come of adult admissions to ICU of patients with ESRF in the ...on outcomes of patients with ESRF in the ICU, three of which were single centre and all of which ... See full document

... all critical care admissions ...Our analysis suggests two pos- sible approaches for improving upon the APACHE II model for women with obstetric ... See full document

... Based on a sample size calculation, a total of 470 pa- tients will be enrolled, with a 1:1 allocation ratio to the experimental and conventional arms. Participating GPs assess the eligibility of patients with AECOPD and ... See full document

... the units studied, perhaps reflecting anecdotal evidence of uncertainty among UK ...for admissions meeting the definitions for severe sepsis and two or more organ systems ... See full document

... COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; GDS, Geriatric Depression Scale; GOLD, Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease; HADS, Hospital Anxiety and ... See full document

... The authors of the Cochrane review recommended that the development and evaluation of A&F interventions should be informed by the explicit use of theory [15]. Although we designed our study before this recommenda- ... See full document

... the case management program resulted in a net ...of case management will decrease in the com- ing years, especially due to less implementation ...‘reward’ care groups that achieve fewer ... See full document

... health care for the past decades and are projected to see continuously in- creasing health care costs during the coming years, driven by factors such as demographic trends, new technologies and increasing ... See full document

... tations without video, but with the other measurements, were performed every week throughout the study period. Patients were free to carry out additional measurements at any time or phone the call center during open ... See full document

... Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has substantial economic and human costs; it is expected to be the third leading cause of death worldwide by ...in care and ... See full document

... in disease severity (UAS7), with over three quarters (77%) of evaluable omalizumab-treated patients achieving a 75% reduction in UAS7 score and 68% achieving a UAS7 score of 0 (itch and hives ...formal ... See full document

... between care providers and ...the care process and integrate the COPD-DM programme into their daily ...’ outcomes and had access to ...the mix and intensity of interventions for ... See full document