Interhospital transfer of patients with acute respiratory failure (ARF) is relevant in the current landscape of critical care delivery. However, current transfer practices for patients with ARF are hi...
Ovid Medline, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Embase, CINAHL Plus, and American Psychological Association....
We included studies that evaluated or described hospital transfers of adult (age > 18) patients with ARF between January 2020 and 2024 conducted in the United States. Using predetermined search terms ...
The studies were reviewed in accordance to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for scoping reviews by three authors....
Included studies were mostly retrospective analyses of heterogeneous patients with various etiologies and severity of ARF. Overall, transferred patients were younger, had high severity of illness, and...
Our scoping review highlights the sparse evidence and the urgent need for further research into understanding the complexity behind ARF transfers. Future studies should focus on defining best practice...
To clarify the time-course of longitudinal changes in the independence level of subtasks composing bed-wheelchair transfer among patients with stroke....
Single-institution prospective cohort study....
A total of 137 consecutive post-stroke patients using wheelchair on admission to the subacute rehabilitation wards....
The independence degree in each of the 25 transfer-related subtasks was assessed using the Bed-Wheelchair Transfer Tasks Assessment Form on a three-level scale every two weeks, from admission to the e...
Patients were classified into three clusters. The first cluster included 50 patients who exhibited a greater independence level in all subtasks on admission (52.0-100% of patients performed each subta...
The independence level and its changing process during transfer were categorized into three time-courses, each requiring different intervention strategies....
Transferring a patient from the intensive care unit to different locations within the hospital can cause transfer anxiety. Transfer anxiety is an important factor that adversely affects various physio...
The aim of the study is to evaluate the intra-hospital transfer anxiety of patients in a neurosurgery intensive care unit and factors affecting it....
This prospective cohort study was conducted between November 2021 and June 2022 in a neurosurgery intensive care unit in Istanbul. A total of 171 adult patients who stayed in the intensive care unit f...
The mean age of the patients was 53.16 ± 15.51 years and 56.72% were women, 75.43% of transfers were performed during the day and 64.32% of patients were transferred to an in-patient ward. Factors aff...
The transfer process increased anxiety and caused changes in the vital signs of intensive care patients. Individual and transfer-related factors may influence transfer anxiety. Patients should be moni...
The patients' demographics and transfer details can influence transfer anxiety. Transfer anxiety can affect both subjective parameters and objective measures such as vital signs. Patients at risk of t...
To analyze the knowledge, abilities, and emotional state of cystic fibrosis patients during a specific follow-up period and compare this with the recall they had of the transition (planned and gradual...
Prospective cross-sectional study with cystic fibrosis adult patients under follow-up in a specialist consultation. Group 1 were patients who transitioned and Group 2 were transferred patients. The fo...
Thirty-five patients were analyzed; 65.8% male; mean age 31.9 years (SD =10.1). At the transition, Group 1 (n=19; 54.3%) had greater knowledge about their medication and reduced ability to manage appo...
Patients who were moved to an adult cystic fibrosis unit through transition were more knowledgeable about their medications. However, those who were transferred managed their appointments and decision...
Patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with an Emergency General Surgery (EGS) problem often require transfer to a tertiary facility. Issues impacting EGS mirror the same issues trauma s...
Interhospital patient transfers have become routine. Known drivers are access to specialty care and non-clinical reasons, such as limited capacity. While emergency medical services (EMS) providers act...
A retrospective study was performed analysing EMS transport data from the province of Drenthe in the Netherlands between 2013 and 2019 and public hospital listings. Yearly volume changes in urgent and...
EMS in the province of Drenthe, the Netherlands, 492 167 inhabitants....
Analyses are based on routinely collected patient data from EMS records, entailing all 248 114 transports (137 168 patients) of the Drenthe EMS provider (2013-2019). From these interhospital transport...
Interhospital transfers represented a considerable (9.8%) and increasing share of transports (from 8.6% in 2013 to 11.3% in 2019). Most transfers were related to multihospital systems (47.3%, 11 509 t...
Emerging interhospital network transfers play an important role in EMS service demand. Increased interhospital transport volumes and geographical spread require a redesign of current EMS fleets and ma...
Patient transfer from intensive care units (ICUs) to general wards is a routine part of hospital care. However, if the transfer is not optimal, it can result in increased readmissions to the ICU, incr...
A qualitative design based on a phenomenological approach was used....
Two focus group interviews were conducted with a total of eight nurses from a medical ward and a surgical ward at one hospital in Norway. The data were analysed using systematic text condensation....
The nurses' experiences of patient safety during patient transfer had four themes: (1) the importance of preparedness; (2) the importance of the handover of information; (3) stress and a lack of resou...
In order to promote patient safety, the informants highlighted the importance of being well prepared for transfer, and to have optimal handover of information. Stress, lack of resources and a feeling ...
We suggest several intervention studies testing the effect of intervention improving patient safety during the transfer process are designed, and that increased knowledge in this area is used to devel...
The participants of this study were nurses and this contribution has been explained in the Data collection section. There was no patient contribution in this study....
Unplanned transfers from the General Ward to Critical Care Units occur due to a deterioration in the patient's clinical status. They are of great interest because of their negative impact, associated ...
To report the frequency at which these transfers occur, characteristics of these patients and causes of the transfer. Identify shortcomings in the care process that may allow improvement strategies....
cross-sectional study. Cases were considered those who, during the first 24 hours of hospitalization in the General Ward, required transfer to the ICU between January - December 2022 in a high-complex...
Respiratory decompensation in elderly male patients was the most common cause of transfer to a Closed Unit. One of the shortcomings of the care process seems to be the NEWS score, where in 67% of case...
To understand how family carers experienced the illness trajectory of their next of kin related to transfers taken place between care settings in palliative care, their experiences and attitude regard...
Semi-structured interviews were held with 21 family carers. A constant comparative approach was used to analyze data....
Three themes were identified after data analysis: (I) patient transfer dynamics, (II) experiences regarding the changed care environment and (III) impact of the transfer on the family carer. The dynam...
This study highlighted the adaptability of family carers when caring for their next of kin with palliative care needs. To support carers in coping with their role as caregivers and to share the respon...
Many academic medical centers (AMC) transfer patients who require admission but not tertiary care to partner community hospitals from their emergency departments (ED). These transfers alleviate ED boa...
We performed a retrospective cohort study on all patients screened for transfer between April 1 and December 31, 2021. During the screening process, the treating ED physician determines whether the pa...
5558 patients were screened and 596 (11%) ultimately transferred. 1999 (36%) patients were Black or Hispanic, 698 (12%) had a preferred language other than English, and 956 (17%) were on Medicaid or u...
Health disparities exist in the screening process for our interfacility transfer program. Further investigation into why these disparities exist and mitigation strategies should be undertaken....
