The effects of the introduction of an adult ECMO program on statewide referral patterns, casemix and outcomes in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome or pneumonia.
Critical Care Research Group, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. daniel.mullany@health.qld.gov.au.|Adult Intensive Care Unit, The Prince Charles Hospital, Rode Road, Chermside, Brisbane, 4032, Queensland, Australia. daniel.mullany@health.qld.gov.au.
Dan
D
Mullany
Critical Care Research Group, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.|Adult Intensive Care Unit, The Prince Charles Hospital, Rode Road, Chermside, Brisbane, 4032, Queensland, Australia.
Kiran
K
Shekar
Critical Care Research Group, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.|Adult Intensive Care Unit, The Prince Charles Hospital, Rode Road, Chermside, Brisbane, 4032, Queensland, Australia.
Marc
M
Ziegenfuss
Intensive Care Unit, The Princess Alexandra Hospital, Ipswich Road, Woolloongabba, 4102, Queensland, Australia.
Christopher
C
Joyce
Department of Intensive Care, The Alfred Hospital, Commercial Road, Prahran, Victoria, 3004, Australia.|Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care-Research Centre, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, 3181, Australia.|Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society (ANZICS) Centre for Outcome and Resource Evaluation (CORE), Ievers Terrace, Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria, 3053, Australia.
David
D
Pilcher
School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Annette
A
Dobson
Critical Care Research Group, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.|Adult Intensive Care Unit, The Prince Charles Hospital, Rode Road, Chermside, Brisbane, 4032, Queensland, Australia.
John F
JF
Fraser
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups; D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016017:Odds Ratio; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D016730:Program Development; D011793:Queensland; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D055815:Young Adult