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Can Blood Gas Enhance Early Warning Systems by streamlining ICU Transfer Decisions: A Qualitative Systematic Review

2025-10-24 intensive care and critical care medicine Title + abstract only
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ImportanceDelay in transfer to Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is associated with known adverse clinical and economic outcomes. There are several early warning systems (EWS) that help identify patients that could benefit from earlier ICU transfer but are fraught with challenges when used to measure delays. An objective time stamped blood test metric, such as a blood gas analysis (BGA), could be a valuable adjunct in identifying patients and measuring delays in who require intrahospital transfer to the...

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