title: [Clinical database for intensive care patients].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Fredericia og Kolding Sygehuse, Anaestesiologisk Afdeling, Kolding. ebbron@fks.vejleamt.dk
authors.forename: Ebbe
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rønholm
authors.forename: Steffen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Christensen
authors.forename: Jakob Steen
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Andersen
authors.forename: Reinhold H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Jensen
authors.forename: Henrik Toft
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Sørensen
mesh_terms: D003422:Critical Care / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D016638:Critical Illness / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D016208:Databases, Factual; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D003718:Denmark; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000191:economics; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000191:economics; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D012307:Risk Factors