For all eligible patients =18 years old admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU), total duration of time spent in the ICU until time of discharge from the ICU; both observed and risk-adjusted LOS reported with the predicted LOS measured using the Intensive Care Outcomes Model - Length-of-Stay (ICOMLOS).
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Numerator
For all eligible patients admitted to the ICU, the time at discharge from ICU (either death or physical departure from the unit) minus the time of admission (first recorded vital sign on ICU flow sheet). The measure is risk-adjusted, please see S.18.
Denominator
Total number of eligible patients who are discharged (including deaths and transfers)
Exclusions
<18 years of age at time of ICU admission, ICU readmission, <4 hours in ICU, primary admission due to trauma, burns, or immediately post-CABG, admitted to exclude myocardial infarction (MI) and subsequently found without MI or any other acute process requiring ICU care, transfers from another acute care hospital.
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