ReviewMethodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal
Telemedicine/Virtual ICU: Where Are We and Where Are We Going?
Review in Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03786497 (Protecting Brains and Saving Futures - the PBSF Protocol), which is not on this map. Cited by 46 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
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Protecting Brains and Saving Futures - the PBSF Protocol: a Prospective Multicenter and Observational Study on the Use of Telemedicine for Neurocritical Care in High-risk Newborns in Brazil.
Who cites it
46 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Pooled it
- Innovation, Technology, and Telemedicine in Critical Care.Critical care clinics · 2026Review
- Telemedicine outcome of mechanically ventilated children in Brazilian pediatric intensive care units.Clinical and experimental pediatrics · 2026Article
- Telemedicine in critical care.Intensive care medicine · 2025Article
- Correspondence on "Management of adult sepsis in resource-limited settings: global expert consensus statements using a Delphi method".Intensive care medicine · 2025Article
- The Case for Telemedicine-Enhanced Nighttime Staffing in a Neuro-ICU.Critical care explorations · 2025Article
- How to Evaluate a Regional Telemedical Care Network Focusing on Critically Ill Children? Results from the Consensus-Based Development of an Evaluation Design.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Exploring timely and safe discharge from ICU: a comparative study of machine learning predictions and clinical practices.Intensive care medicine experimental · 2025Article
- Innovation bundles and platforms - a qualitative analysis of health system responses to the COVID-19 pandemic.BMC health services research · 2024Article
- Quality of life in the digital age: young adult hematopoietic stem cell transplantation patients and healthcare providers' views of telehealth.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024Article
- A Novel Continuous Real-Time Vital Signs Viewer for Intensive Care Units: Design and Evaluation Study.JMIR human factors · 2024Article
- Elucidation of the needs for telecritical care services in Japan: a qualitative study.BMJ open · 2023Article
- Exploratory Descriptive Analysis of Smart Speaker Utilization in the Emergency Department During the COVID-19 Pandemic.The Journal of emergency medicine · 2023Observational
- Impact of Telemedicine use on clinical care indicators of pediatric intensive care units: protocol for a cluster randomized clinical trial.Critical care science · 2023Article
- Diagnosis Related Groups of Patients Admitted from an Urban Academic Medical Center to a Virtual Hybrid Hospital-at-Home Program.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2023Article
- Integrating a Virtual ICU with Cardiac and Cardiovascular ICUs: Managing the Needs of a Complex and High-Acuity Specialty ICU Cohort.Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal · 2023Review
- Intensive care unit adaptations in the COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons learned.World journal of virology · 2022Article
- The use of telemedicine in pre-surgical evaluation: a retrospective cohort study of a neurosurgical oncology practice.Journal of neuro-oncology · 2022Article
- Feasibility Study of a Fully Synchronous Virtual Critical Care Elective Focused on Learner Engagement.Cureus · 2022Article
- Telemedicine Intensive Care Unit (Tele-ICU) Implementation During COVID-19: A Scoping Review.Cureus · 2022Article
Corrections and comments
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Authors and funding
6 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Intensive care unit telemedicine (tele-ICU) is technology enabled care delivered from off-site locations that was developed to address the increasing complexity of patients and insufficient supply of intensivists. Although tele-ICU deployment is increasing, it continues to cover only a small proportion of ICU patients. This is primarily due to expense, with first-year costs exceeding $50,000 per bed. Meta-analyses of outcomes indicate survival benefits and quality improvements, albeit with significant heterogeneity. Depending on the context, a wide range of estimated incremental cost-effectiveness ratios reflects variable effects on cost and outcomes, such as mortality or length of stay. Tele-ICUs may fit within a hybrid model of care to complement high-intensity ICU staff coverage. However, more research is required to foster consensus and determine best practices. This review summarizes data on tele-ICU structure, operations, outcomes, and costs. Evidence was extracted from meta-analyses, with secondary data from Cleveland Clinic's tele-ICU experience.
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