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{{Discuss | who=Julie | question= Right now this is slightly inconsistent with [[Definition of an ICU admission]] which doesn't explicitly exclude the ER pts. I have flagged that page for task review. Once that is done, can we just use that definition here as well to ensure consistency? }} | {{Discuss | who=Julie | question= Right now this is slightly inconsistent with [[Definition of an ICU admission]] which doesn't explicitly exclude the ER pts. I have flagged that page for task review. Once that is done, can we just use that definition here as well to ensure consistency? }} | ||
All ICU admissions. Admissions from Emergency Department are considered an ICU admission when patient physically arrives in the ICU. See [[Definition of an ICU admission | All ICU admissions. Admissions from Emergency Department are considered an ICU admission when patient physically arrives in the ICU. See [[Definition of an ICU admission]] for further information about which patients are included. | ||
If transfers occur within ICU’s within the same facility eg. MICU, SICU and IICU, this will be reported as 3 individual length of stays and not one cumulative LOS. | If transfers occur within ICU’s within the same facility eg. MICU, SICU and IICU, this will be reported as 3 individual length of stays and not one cumulative LOS. | ||