ICU beds: less is more? No

Dylan W de Lange¹, Marcio Soares^{2

3}, David Pilcher^{4

5

6}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Dutch Poisons Information Center, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
² Department of Critical Care and Graduate Program in Translational Medicine, D'Or Institute for Research and Education, Rua Diniz Cordeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
³ Programa de Pós-Graduação em Clínica Médica, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
⁴ The Department of Intensive Care, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia. d.pilcher@alfred.org.au.
⁵ Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. d.pilcher@alfred.org.au.
⁶ The Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Centre for Outcome and Resource Evaluation, Camberwell, Australia. d.pilcher@alfred.org.au.

PMID: 32458052
PMCID: PMC7248458
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-020-06089-0

ICU beds: less is more? No

Dylan W de Lange et al. Intensive Care Med. 2020 Aug.

. 2020 Aug;46(8):1597-1599.

doi: 10.1007/s00134-020-06089-0. Epub 2020 May 26.

Authors

Dylan W de Lange¹, Marcio Soares^{2

3}, David Pilcher^{4

5

6}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Dutch Poisons Information Center, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
² Department of Critical Care and Graduate Program in Translational Medicine, D'Or Institute for Research and Education, Rua Diniz Cordeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
³ Programa de Pós-Graduação em Clínica Médica, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
⁴ The Department of Intensive Care, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia. d.pilcher@alfred.org.au.
⁵ Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. d.pilcher@alfred.org.au.
⁶ The Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Centre for Outcome and Resource Evaluation, Camberwell, Australia. d.pilcher@alfred.org.au.

PMID: 32458052
PMCID: PMC7248458
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-020-06089-0

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Conflict of interest statement

Dr de Lange and Dr Pilcher has no conflicts to declare. Dr. Soares is founder and equity shareholder of Epimed Solutions®, which commercializes the Epimed Monitor System®, a cloud-based software for ICU management and benchmarking.

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