Open AccessTransport of Critically Ill Patients by the Anesthesia Versus the Intensive Care Unit Service: A Before–After Study of Operating Room Workflows
Author(s) -
Frank Dupont,
Avery Tung,
Sajid Shahul,
Anne S. Pohlman,
Silas Joseph,
Ori Gottlieb,
Michael O’Connor,
Thomas W. Cutter
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
anesthesia and analgesia/anesthesia and analgesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1526-7598
pISSN - 0003-2999
DOI - 10.1213/ane.0000000000004223
Subject(s) - medicine , intensive care unit , emergency medicine , checklist , anesthesia , anesthesiology , mechanical ventilation , mechanical ventilator , intensive care , intensive care medicine , psychology , cognitive psychology
We implemented a new policy at our institution where the responsibility for intensive care unit (ICU) patient transports to the operating room (OR) was changed from the anesthesia to the ICU service. We hypothesized that this approach would be associated with increased on-time starts and decreased turnover times.