Hopkins Philip, Wolff Anthony H
Director of Intensive Care, Barnet Hospital, London, UK.
Crit Care. 2002 Apr;6(2):123-4. doi: 10.1186/cc1470. Epub 2002 Mar 1.
The demand for intensive care has increased relentlessly over the past 30 years. It is now regarded as a necessity rather than a luxury. The provision of intensive care has lagged behind that demand. Thus, patients who are judged to need intensive care when a bed is unavailable are increasingly transferred to another hospital for such care. The present commentary discusses intensive care transfers and describes a website being trialled in the UK that helps with locating available intensive care beds.
在过去30年里,对重症监护的需求持续不断地增长。如今,它被视为一种必需品而非奢侈品。重症监护服务的提供却滞后于这种需求。因此,那些被判定需要重症监护但当时没有床位的患者越来越多地被转到另一家医院接受此类护理。本评论文章讨论了重症监护转运问题,并介绍了英国正在试用的一个有助于查找可用重症监护床位的网站。