Assessing the clinical impact of cardiac intensivists in cardiac intensivecare units: results from the RESCUE registry

• DOI: 10.1186/s12872-025-04559-1
• Publication Date: 2025-02-21T06:51:00Z
• Authors: Dae-Hwan Bae; Sang Yeub Lee; Jang-Whan Bae; Jeong Hoon Yang; Young-Guk Ko; Chul-Min Ahn; Cheol Woong Yu; Woo Jung Chun; Sung Uk Kwon; Hyun-Joong Kim; Bum Sung Kim; Je Sang Kim; Wang Soo Lee; Woo Jin Jang; Jin-Ok Jeong; Sang-Don Park; Seong-Hoon Lim; Sungsoo Cho; Hyeon-Cheol Gwon
• Keywords: Angiology

The presence of dedicated intensive care unit (ICU) physicians is associated with reduced ICU mortality. However, the information available on role cardiac intensivists in ICUs (CICUs) limited. Therefore, we investigated association intensivist–directed clinical outcomes adult patients admitted to CICU. In this retrospective study, extracted data from SMART-RESCUE registry, a multicenter, retrospective, and prospective registry presenting cardiogenic shock. Overall, 1,247 CS were enrolled, between January 2014 December 2018, 12 tertiary centers Korea. categorized into two groups based involvement intensivist their care. primary outcome was in-hospital mortality rate. all-cause rate 33.6%. lower (25.4%) group than non-cardiac (40.1%). Cardiac rates 20.5% 35.4% groups, respectively. undergoing extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, at 38.0%, whereas that without 62.2%. dopamine use lower, norepinephrine higher, vasoactive-inotropic score group. Involvement CICU patient reduction administration low dose vasopressors inotropes according shock guidelines.