A highly significant (p < 0.01) reduction in medication errors (from 3.69% to 0.86%) was observed, mainly related to the Type 1 errors (2,34 vs. 0%) Conclusion the implementation of a PIMS in ICU was followed by a highly significant reduction in medication errors.
A clear trend to better outcome was observed in the optimal implementation group (5–6 SSC points) with mortality 32% versus the suboptimal group (< 4 points) mortality 44% (p = 0.05) without differences in APACHE II score (p = 0.58).
For hospital outcome, there was a strong trend to a better neurological state in the passively rewarmed group.
Its association with increased resuscitation volume, use of vassopresors and BSA, however not being statistically significant, shows a marked trend that a major sample size probably would strengthen.
Unfortunately, the difference did not reach statistical significance, probably because of the small number of patients.