CT Scans in the Intensive Care Unit
Conditions
Brief summary
Patients admitted to the intensive care unit often require CT imaging. Performing this diagnostic test on a critically ill patient involves risks, such as those associated with transferring a ventilated and unstable patient and those associated with the injection of intravenous contrast material. Also, multiple CT examinations may create a burden on the X-ray institute and the medical staff, result in the postponement of CT examinations for other patients, as well as increase hospitalization costs. In this work, we would like to check the rate of complications involved in performing a CT scan in patients hospitalized in the general intensive care unit of our institution, while analyzing the differences between the times the test is performed (morning, night shift), as well as examine in what percentage of the CT scans the test performed contributed to a significant progress in the diagnosis or a significant change in the treatment plan of the patient, while referring to subgroups (sepsis, trauma, respiratory failure, with an emphasis on covid patients, patients with scoliosis, patients with intracranial pathology).
Interventions
DIAGNOSTIC_TESTCT scan in critically ill patients in the intensive care unit
CT scan in critically ill patients in the intensive care unit
Sponsors
Meir Medical Center
Study design
Observational model
CASE_ONLY
Time perspective
RETROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
All patients who underwent CT examinations during hospitalization in the intensive care unit for any etiology, from January 2020 to January 2023. \-
Exclusion criteria
Patients who did not meet the above criteria or for whom data were missing. \-
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change in diagnosis and/or patient management | 3 years | To examine in what percentage of the CT examinations the examination contributed to a significant progress in the diagnosis or a significant change in the patient's treatment plan, while referring to subgroups of patients in the intensive care unit. |
Countries
Israel
Outcome results
None listed