Abstract
The number of very old patients (80 years old) with chronic illness and functional impairment requiring major medical attention is increasing. Rapid Response Teams (RRT) were implemented to improve the recognition and response to deteriorating ward patients. However, the characteristics and outcomes of very old patients assisted by RRT during hospitalization are not well described.
Highlights
Failure to accurately estimate energy requirements may result in an impaired recovery
Two groups were compared based on the time to Clinical care programs (CCP) initiation: the historical group, compounded by patients from the 6 months prior to CCP; and the intervention group, compounded by patients admitted with diagnosis of Heart failure (HF) from July 2012 until June 2014, the period when patients and staff were monitored on a daily basis by a case manager nurse and a medical leader which provided educational interventions
Of the 48 deaths in 2013, 58% (n = 28) were in patients with decompensated HF due to infection, and among these 28 deaths 15 were secondary to evolution of sepsis, in 6 there were predominance of the cardiac condition while the remaining 7 deaths showed mixed shock or other complications related to both conditions leading to death
Summary
Failure to accurately estimate energy requirements may result in an impaired recovery. Conclusion: In our open ICU model where decisions should be shared with assistant doctors, the implementation of daily clinical rounds was associated with an intense participation of the multidisciplinary team and with a high level of performance of the proposed interventions These actions are probably associated with better care of the critically ill patients. Methods: Prospective cohort study of critically ill patients treated outside the ICU by the ward health care staff with daily intensivist physician consultation in a university hospital during a 6-month period. Adjusting for relevant patients’ characteristics (SAPS 3 score, admission diagnosis, chronic health status, comorbidities, MV use), case volume and type of ICU, clinical protocols jointly managed by different care providers (OR = 0.23 (95 % CI, 0.08-0.64), p = 0.005) were associated with lower mortality.
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