ArticleEthiopian journal of health sciences2020
Surgical Admissions and Treatment Outcomes at a Tertiary Hospital Intensive Care Unit in Ethiopia: A Two-Year Review.
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- Prevalence and Risk Factors Associated With ICU Mortality in Ethiopia: A Systemic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nursing open · 2025Pooled it
- Incidence and predictors of postoperative complications in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in health services · 2024Pooled it
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- Mortality of trauma patients in conflict-affected region: a retrospective observational study of ICU admissions and surgical management.BMC surgery · 2025Observational
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- Implementing an ICU registry in Ethiopia-Implications for critical care quality improvement.Journal of critical care · 2024Article
- Variables associated to intensive care unit (ICU)-mortality among patients admitted to surgical intensive care unit in Ethiopia: a retrospective observational study.BMC anesthesiology · 2023Observational
- Incidence and predictors of mortality among adult trauma patients admitted to the intensive care units of comprehensive specialized hospitals in Northwest Ethiopia.European journal of medical research · 2023Article
- Pattern of disease and determinants of mortality among ICU patients on mechanical ventilator in Sub-Saharan Africa: a multilevel analysis.Critical care (London, England) · 2023Observational
- The magnitude of mortality and its determinants in Ethiopian adult intensive care units: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2022Review
- Survival status and predictors of mortality among patients admitted to surgical intensive care units of Addis Ababa governmental hospitals, Ethiopia: A multicenter retrospective cohort study.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Article
- Predictors of ICU Mortality among Mechanically Ventilated Patients: An Inception Cohort Study from a Tertiary Care Center in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.Critical care research and practice · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundIntensive Care Unit (ICU) is a special unit where critically ill patients who require advanced respiratory or hemodynamic support are admitted. Little has been published about surgical intensive care unit patients in Ethiopia. The aim of this study was to assess the pattern of admission and treatment outcomes of adult surgical patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit at St. Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College (SPHMMC).
methodsA two-year retrospective medical record review of all adult surgical patients admitted to Intensive Care Unit at St. Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College.
resultsSurgical patients made up 91(22.1%) of 411 admissions of adult intensive care unit. Of these, 82 (M: F = 1.5:1) patients were analyzed. Age ranged from 16 to 82 years with a mean age of 43 years (SD +/-18.2). Emergency admissions accounted for 70(85.4%) cases. The top three primary admission diagnoses were generalized peritonitis secondary to perforated viscus (25,30.5%), bowel obstruction (21,25.6 %) and trauma (13,15.9%). Acute respiratory failure (38,46.3%) and septic shock (23,28.0%) were the leading indications of intensive care unit admission. Most patients (62,75.6%) received mechanical ventilatory support. The mean length of intensive care unit stay was 7.3 days (SD+/-5.2).Death occurred in 33(40.2%) patients. Mortality was higher in those who stayed for 48 hours (OR=5.6;95% CI 1.60-19.69; p=0.007) and in ventilated patients (OR=5.3; 95% CI 1.41-19.98; p=0.013).
conclusionThe observed mortality in this review was higher than the one in most reports. It was significantly high in patients who stayed for 48 hours and in those who required mechanical ventilatory support.
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