Background Perhaps nowhere else in the healthcare system than in the intensive care unit
environment are the challenges to create useful models with direct time-critical clinical …

Methods A total of 810 adult (> 18 years) elective cardiac surgery patients, admitted to the
surgical ICU of the University Hospital of Leuven between 18 January 2007 and 8 January …

Introduction Evaluating the pre-morbid functional status in critically ill patients is important
and frequently done using the physical component score (PCS) of the Short Form 36 …

Abstract Background Intensive Care survival continues to improve, and the number of ICU
services is increasing globally. However, there is a growing awareness of the detrimental …

Background Early prediction model of hemodynamic instability has the potential to improve
the critical care, whereas limited external validation on the generalizability. We aimed to …

Introduction Poor communication is a source of risk. This can be particularly significant in
areas of high clinical acuity such as intensive care. Ward rounds are points where large …

Introduction Although most risk-stratification scores are derived from preoperative patient
variables, there are several intraoperative and postoperative variables that can influence …

Background Delayed response to clinical deterioration of ward patients is common. Methods
We performed a prospective before-and-after study in all patients admitted to two clinical …

Background Sepsis is a highly heterogeneous syndrome, which has hindered the
development of effective therapies. This has prompted investigators to develop a precision …

Methods Potential risk factors for psychological problems were prospectively collected at
ICU discharge. Two months after ICU discharge 252 ICU survivors received the …