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Using Shock Index As A Predictor Of Icu Readmission: A Quality Iimprovement Project, Melissa Sykes
Using Shock Index As A Predictor Of Icu Readmission: A Quality Iimprovement Project, Melissa Sykes
Master's Theses and Capstones
Background: Adverse events will occur in one-third of patients discharged from the intensivecare unit (ICU) and evidence shows that ICU readmissions increase a patient’s length of stay,
mortality, hospital costs, and nosocomial infections, as well as decrease long-term survival.Specific predictive factors that will accurately predict which patients are at risk of adverseevents requiring readmission are needed.Aim: The specific aim of this project was to identify if shock index (SI) values higher than 0.7at the time of transfer from the ICU are a useful predictor of ICU readmission.Methods: Using the Plan, Do, Study, Act (PDSA) framework, a retrospective chart review wasperformed …