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Abstract
Critically ill patients have sustained or at risk of sustaining, life threatening single or multiple organ system failure due to disease or injury and they need constant monitoring and supervision. The safest place for the critically ill patient is to be stationary in the intensive care unit (ICU) connected to advanced equipment and machines.
High technologic tests became an integral part of health care assessment, also with continued advances in medical technology, it is expected that more critically ill patients will require IHCCT but it is dangerous procedure. Many studies were carried out to assess frequency and severity of adverse events during IHCCT of critically ill or injured patients; few studies have attempted to identify important factors that may contribute to these adverse events during IHCCT.
The aim of the current study is to identify the intra-hospital transport risk factors for critically ill patients. This study was conducted in Alexandria main university hospital, causality care unit (unit III) and the general ICU (unit III). It was carried out on 50 patients of either sex regardless to their age and they need transport from the previously mentioned ICUs to any department within the hospital for either therapeutic interventions or diagnostic studies.
To fulfill the aim of the current study an assessment sheet was developed and included the following main items: patient related data, transport related data, recorded physiologic parameters and adverse events/ mishaps occurred during IHCCT.
Results of the current study revealed that more than half of the studied patients (54%) were females; half of patients (50%) were suffering from cardiovascular or respiratory diseases. More than two third of the studied patients (70%) were attached with airway devices (ETT, TT). Mechanical ventilator was the most commonly used oxygen administration method (40%) before transport; MRB was the most common method (32%) during transport. The mean inspired oxygen concentration during transport was higher than of that before transport. All of the studied patients were monitored for ECG, HR, and NIBP before transport. In addition, 22% of the studied patients were monitored for oxygen saturation. On the other side, all of the studied patients were monitored for HR, NIBP, and SpO2 during IHCCT, while none of them were monitored for ECG.