RT Journal
A1 Seymour CW, Kahn JM
T1 Addressing the growth in intensive care  : Comment on “intensive care unit admitting patterns in the veterans affairs health care system”
JF Archives of Internal Medicine
JO Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 2012
FD September 10
VO 172
IS 16
SP 1226
OP 1226
DO 10.1001/archinternmed.2012.3773
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2012.3773
AB 
More than 50 000 patients receive intensive care each day in the United States,1 and the need for critical care is expected to increase with the aging population. But this growth in critical illness is not without consequences. When intensive care units (ICUs) are full, sick patients in the emergency department or ward may experience admission delays, and considerable evidence suggests that these delays are associated with attributable morbidity and mortality.2- 3 Full ICUs may also strain intensivist physicians, leading to burnout and preventable medical errors.