Changing an ICU organization to a closed format reduces mortality in high-risk surgical patients, without affecting morbidity.
The B2C form mainly consists of a closed format with either multiple options, date specifications or dichotomous options (yes/no).
The study was performed in a 32-bed mixed medical-surgical ICU in a university hospital (AMC), a closed format department with patients under the direct care of an ICU team.
In the present study all but one of the responding ICUs indicated that they employed a closed format, in which the intensivist was primarily responsible for the treatment of the patients.
QUESTION FROM EKKEHARD: iPod : MP3 is like Kindle : PDF — there are resemblances in that the devices (at least initially) push a closed format.
A closed format was used, utilising mainly multiple-choice questions, for ease of analysis.
The ICU where the study was performed is a closed format highest-level mixed medical, surgical and cardiac surgery department with 20 beds in a teaching hospital.
Question 12 was a closed format question allowing multiple answers from a choice of six responses.
During the study, a closed format questionnaire was developed that enabled more accurate capture of complication rates.
The Kindle format is a closed format which is only supported by Amazon products.
The study was performed during an 8-months period in 2010 in a closed-format 15-bed mixed ICU in a university hospital.
