Triage and Patient Selection for ICU Care

These data suggest that the Japanese hospitals in this sample function adequately with fewer ICU resources than currently available in many US hospitals despite the subjective judgment of Japanese ICU physicians that more ICU resources are needed within their respective institutions. To definitively define the adequacy of bed resources requires an evaluation of outcome for the entire pool of patients who may potentially benefit from ICU. Such an evaluation would have significant implications for optimizing the number of ICU-bed resources in both countries. canadian family pharmacy online  
Within and across hospitals and health systems, important differences in triage practice, based on resource availability, personal heuristics, and local practice cultures, may lead to important differences in ICU admission policies.’ What is considered an acceptable or appropriate ICU admission in one country may be viewed as inappropriate or extravagant in another.