Discharge home from critical care: safety assessment in a resource constrained system.

Background: High bed occupancy rates have delayed patient discharges from UK critical care units, especially in acute medical hospitals. As a result, more patients are discharged home directly from critical care (DH).

Methods: In this observational, retrospective study, we quantify the trends in DH from 2013 to 2018, and assess readmission rates and outcome in this group when compared to patients discharged from a ward, from 2014 to 2016.

Persistent neuromuscular and neurophysiologic abnormalities in long-term survivors of prolonged critical illness.

Objective: To establish the prevalence, clinical characteristics, and electrophysiologic features of residual neuromuscular dysfunction after prolonged critical illness.

Design: Prospective follow-up study of survivors of prolonged critical illness.

Setting: A university hospital and two district general hospitals in the UK.