Anaesthesia
-
Multicenter Study
Modelling patient flows as an aid to decision making for critical care capacities and organisation.
Using real data from a number of hospitals, we predicted the patient flows following a capacity or organisational change. Clinically recognisable patient groups obtained through classification and regression tree analysis were used to tune a simulation model for the flow of patients in critical care units. ⋯ Where available the predictions' accuracy was checked by comparison with real hospital data collected after an actual capacity change. The model takes variability and uncertainty properly into account and it provides the necessary information for making better decisions about critical care capacity and organisation.
-
Letter Multicenter Study
Monitoring central venous pressure: a survey of British intensive care units.