ReviewCritical care (London, England)2015
Transferring the critically ill patient: are we there yet?
Review in Critical care (London, England), 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers.
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41 citing papers in PubMed.
- Nurses versus physician-led interhospital critical care transport: a randomized non-inferiority trial.Intensive care medicine · 2016Trial
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- Factors Associated with Transport Instability and Outcome Deterioration During Interhospital Intensive Care Transfers of Patients with COVID-19 in Germany.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Helicopter emergency medical services for interfacility transfers: an Italian expert consensus.Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2026Article
- Comparison of Pre-transfer Risk Assessment Tools Used for Critically Ill Patient Transport: A Retrospective Study.Cureus · 2026Article
- A scoping review of global approaches to education in adult critical care retrieval.African journal of emergency medicine : Revue africaine de la medecine d'urgence · 2026Article
- Five-year retrospective analysis of invasiveCardiovascular diagnosis and therapy · 2026Article
- Neonatal and Pediatric Transport: A Contemporary Review.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
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- Patient Transfer Process From Pre-Hospital to the Hospital Emergency Department: A Grounded Theory Study.Nursing open · 2025Article
- A retrospective review of advanced life support interfacility transfers of the public sector emergency medical service in the Western Cape Province, South Africa.The Southern African journal of critical care : the official journal of the Critical Care Society · 2025Article
- Psychological safety in an ECMO retrieval team: a qualitative study to inform improvement.BMJ open quality · 2024Article
- Unit-to-unit transfer due to shortage of intensive care beds in Sweden 2015-2019 was associated with a lower risk of death but a longer intensive care stay compared to no transfer: a registry study.Journal of intensive care · 2024Article
- [The SCATTER project: computer-based simulation in the strategic transfer of intensive care patients].Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz · 2024Article
- A retrospective observational study of vCare: a virtual emergency clinical advisory and transfer service in rural and remote Australia.BMC health services research · 2024Observational
- Developing key performance indicators for adult critical care transfer services: Scoping review and Delphi technique.Journal of the Intensive Care Society · 2023Article
- Overcoming distance: an exploration of current practices of government and charity-funded critical care transport and retrieval organizations.Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2023Review
- Carbon dioxide levels of ventilated adult critically ill post-operative patients on arrival at the intensive care unit.The Southern African journal of critical care : the official journal of the Critical Care Society · 2023Article
- Safety during interhospital helicopter transfer of ventilated COVID-19 patients. No clinical relevant changes in vital signs including non-invasive cardiac output.Respiratory research · 2022Article
- Developments in adult critical care transfer in England: a positive legacy of the COVID-19 pandemic.Anaesthesia · 2022Article
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Abstract
During the past few decades the numbers of ICUs and beds has increased significantly, but so too has the demand for intensive care. Currently large, and increasing, numbers of critically ill patients require transfer between critical care units. Inter-unit transfer poses significant risks to critically ill patients, particularly those requiring multiple organ support. While the safety and quality of inter-unit and hospital transfers appear to have improved over the years, the effectiveness of specific measures to improve safety have not been confirmed by randomized controlled trials. It is generally accepted that critically ill patients should be transferred by specialized retrieval teams, but the composition, training and assessment of these teams is still a matter of debate. Since it is likely that the numbers and complexity of these transfers will increase in the near future, further studies are warranted.
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