Patterns of Admission and Clinical Outcomes Among Patients Admitted to Medical Intensive Care Unit of a Teaching and Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia
| Autor: | Hailemariam Getachew Tesema, Girmay Fitiwi Lema, Nebiyu Mesfin, Demeke Yilkal Fentie, Nurhusen Riskey Arefayne |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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| Zdroj: | Global Advances in Health and Medicine, Vol 10 (2021) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2164-9561 21649561 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/2164956121989258 |
| Popis: | Background The intensive care unit (ICU) is a health care delivery service for patients who are in critical condition with potentially recoverable diseases. Patients can benefit from more detailed observation, monitoring and advanced treatment than other wards or department. The care is advancing but in resource-limited settings, it is lagging far behind and mortality is still higher due to various reasons. Therefore, we aimed to determine the admission patterns, clinical outcomes and associated factors among patients admitted medical intensive care unit (MICU). Methods A retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted based on a record review of logbook and charts of patients admitted from September, 2015 to April, 2019. Data were entered and analysed using SPSS version 20. Both bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were used and a P-value |
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