Research

Research is one of the objectives behind the quality register, in addition to the basic objective to improve the quality of care. Here you will find information about R & D applications, the procedures around them and the electronic web form to be used when applying for data extraction. 

Please submit your application!

Interesting reads

On this page we collect information and links that might be interesting

Contact details of SIR

The Swedish Intensive Care Registry is legally based in Region Värmland, with administration and external contact primarily managed by the supervisors and registry holders

Previously published guidelines

Here is a list of previously published guidelines that have expired

Quality Indicators

"SIR and SIS's activities aim to support swedish intensive care efforts to achieve the best possible medical and nursing results with the lowest possible personal and material resource. Part of this support is the use of quality indicators to identify and counteract deviations and differences in quality of care. The purpose of quality indicators is therefore also to initiate and facilitate local improvement and quality assurance work".

Monitoring following intensive care

Patient-related outcome measurements are a measure of how individual patients experience their illness and health. Health-related quality of life and functional capacity form part of these measurements

The period following intensive care

How do I feel following treatment at the ICU?

COVID-19 in Swedish intensive care

The Swedish Intensive Care Registry receives data reported on the cases of COVID-19 that end up in Swedish intensive care units. The speed at which SIR receives data depends on local reporting procedures and local IT systems. The table below contains data from March 2020. Other reports on COVID-19 are available on the SIRI portal.

Outcome for patients

It is very important for patients to be involved in the follow-up care