Clinical outcomes of septic patients according to the elapsed time before transfer to the intensive care unit

Results 39 patients were attended by RRT 5 to 20 minutes after activation. Thirty patients (76.9%) were immediately transferred to the ICU. The elapsed time since assessment to transfer to the ICU ranged from 15 to 30 minutes (n = 5, 12.9%), 30 minutes to 1 hour (n = 15; 38.5%), 1 to 2 hours (n = 8, 20.5%) and ≥3 hours (n = 8, 20.5%). As for the clinical outcome in the ICU, 20 (51.3%) had a clinical improvement, 14 (35.9%) died and 5 (12.8%) had an initial clinical deterioration with subsequent improvement. Clinical improvement or initial deterioration with subsequent recovery occurred mainly among patients transferred to the ICU within 15 minutes to 3 hours. In patients transferred after 3 hours, death was the most frequent outcome.