Jorge I F Salluh, Amanda Quintairos, Dave A Dongelmans, Diptesh Aryal, Sean Bagshaw, Abigail Beane, Gaston Burghi, Maria Del Pilar Arias López, Stefano Finazzi, Bertrand Guidet, Satoru Hashimoto, Nao Ichihara, Edward Litton, Nazir I Lone, Vrindha Pari, Cornelius Sendagire, Bharath Kumar Tirupakuzhi Vijayaraghavan, Rashan Haniffa, Luigi Pisani, David Pilcher
OBJECTIVES: Clinical quality registries (CQRs) have been implemented worldwide by several medical specialties aiming to generate a better characterization of epidemiology, treatments, and outcomes of patients. National ICU registries were created almost 3 decades ago to improve the understanding of case-mix, resource use, and outcomes of critically ill patients. This narrative review describes the challenges, proposed solutions, and evidence generated by National ICU registries as facilitators for research and quality improvement...
September 12, 2023: Critical Care Medicine