ArticleTrauma surgery & acute care open2024
Outcomes of traumatically injured patients after nighttime transfer from the intensive care unit.
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Background: Prior studies have associated nighttime transfer of patients from the intensive care unit (ICU) with increased morbidity. This study sought to examine this relationship in traumatically injured patients, as this has not been previously performed. Methods: A retrospective review of traumatically injured patients admitted to a Level I Trauma Center's ICU from January 2021 to September 2022 was performed. "Day shift" (DS) was defined as 07:00 to 19:00 and "night shift" (NS) as 19:01 to 06:59. The time of transfer completion was based on the time of the patient arrival at the destination unit. The univariate analysis compared patients with completed transfers during DS and NS. Multivariate logistic regression was performed to predict readmission to the ICU. Results: A total of 1,800 patients were included in the analysis, with 608 patients that had completed transfers during NS, and 1,192 during DS. Both groups were similar, with no significant differences in age, sex, Injury Severity Score (ISS), mechanism of injury, or median total comorbidities. The NS group had a longer median time to transfer completion (10.1 (IQR 5.5-13.6) hours vs 5.1 (IQR 2.9-8.4) hours; p<0.001). A significantly higher proportion of the NS group had a readmission to the ICU (60 (10.0%) vs 86 (7.0%); p=0.03) or a major complication (72 (11.9%) vs 107 (9.0%); p=0.048). When controlling for age, comorbidities, ISS, time to bed assignment and to transfer completed, and ICU length of stay, transfer completion during NS was associated with 1.56 times higher odds of having an ICU readmission (OR 1.56 (95% CI 1.05, 2.33); p=0.03). Conclusions: Trauma patients transferred from the ICU during NS experienced longer delays, readmission to the ICU, and major complications significantly more often. With increasing hospital bed shortages, patient transfers must be analyzed to minimize worsened outcomes, especially in traumatically injured patients. Level of evidence: Level III, therapeutic/care management.
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