Rønholm Ebbe, Christensen Steffen, Andersen Jakob Steen, Jensen Reinhold H, Sørensen Henrik Toft
Fredericia og Kolding Sygehuse, Anaestesiologisk Afdeling, Kolding.
Ugeskr Laeger. 2007 Feb 19;169(8):724-7.
Intensive care contributes to a substantial part of health care expenses. Admission to intensive care units is associated with a high mortality rate and a high risk of long-term disability. Data from several studies suggest that suboptimal standards of intensive care are relatively common. Lack of knowledge regarding the use of intensive care and long-term outcome as well as the effectiveness and adverse effects of intensive care impede a systematic and evidence-based development and quality improvement. An initiative to establish a Danish national clinical database for intensive care has been launched.
重症监护占据了医疗保健费用的很大一部分。入住重症监护病房与高死亡率和长期残疾的高风险相关。多项研究的数据表明，重症监护的标准欠佳较为常见。缺乏关于重症监护的使用、长期预后以及重症监护的有效性和副作用的知识，阻碍了系统性和循证性的发展以及质量改进。一项建立丹麦国家重症监护临床数据库的倡议已经启动。
