Physician staffing patterns and clinical outcomes in critically ill patients: a systematic review.

By Peter J. Pronovost, Derek C. Angus, T. Dorman, K. Robinson, Tony T. Dremsizov, Tammy L. Young. Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2002

1,546 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, Epidemiology, Surgery

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In Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine

1. Shamim Nemati
2. Trish Perl
3. Marzyeh Ghassemi

In Epidemiology

1. Shamim Nemati
2. Marzyeh Ghassemi
3. Trish Perl
4. G. Clifford
5. Alistair E. W. Johnson
6. David A. Clifton
7. K. Krell
8. Chao Yu

In Surgery

1. Shamim Nemati
2. G. Clifford
3. Marzyeh Ghassemi
4. Alistair E. W. Johnson

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• Critical care workforce* (2008, background): “(9) demonstrated in 1984 that the presence of a full-time dedicated physician improves mortality in critically ill patients, with a median absolute risk reduction of 10% (10).”
• Machine Learning and Decision Support in Critical Care (2016, result): “ICUs frequently have a high number of staff compared to other hospital departments, and studies have shown reduced incidence of mortality, lower hospital length of stay, and fewer illness complications [2][3], corroborating the efficacy of the intensive monitoring approach.”
• 2007 Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Health Care Settings (2007, background): “Safety and patient outcomes can be enhanced by improving or creating organizational characteristics within patient care units, as demonstrated by studies of surgical ICUs.(621,622) Each of these factors has a direct bearing on adherence to transmission prevention recommendations.”
• Chronic critical illness. (2010, background): “Efficient liberation from mechanical ventilation requires organized ICU management practices, preferably directed by certified intensivists in a ‘‘closed’’ ICU model (66, 67).”