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The magnitude of mortality and its determinants in Ethiopian adult intensive care units: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Prevalence and Risk Factors Associated With ICU Mortality in Ethiopia: A Systemic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nursing open · 2025Pooled it
- Predictors of adult ICU mortality: a retrospective study at two government hospitals in Ethiopia.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- A multilevel analysis of mortality and determinants among patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome in Ethiopia.Scientific reports · 2026Observational
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- Time to maternal death and its predictors among obstetric ICU patients in a resource-limited setting: A 10-year survival analysis.PloS one · 2026Article
- Adult intensive care unit nosocomial infections related deaths in Jimma medical center: a cause specific cox regression analysis.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Epidemiology, management and outcome of acute respiratory distress syndrome in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review.JRSM open · 2025Review
- Incidence and predictors of mortality among traumatic brain injury patients in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of trauma and injury · 2025Article
- Hospital length of stay and its predictors among surgical patients at public hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.Frontiers in surgery · 2025Article
- Epidemiology and outcomes of critically ill patients in the emergency department of a tertiary teaching hospital in Rwanda.International journal of emergency medicine · 2024Article
- Evaluation of hospital quality of care outcomes in a teaching hospital in Ethiopia: a retrospective database study.BMJ open · 2024Article
- Effect of trehalose on mortality and disease severity in ICU-admitted patients: Protocol for a triple-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2024Article
- Implementing an ICU registry in Ethiopia-Implications for critical care quality improvement.Journal of critical care · 2024Article
- Determinants of Mortality of Patients Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit at Debre Berhan Comprehensive Specialized Hospital: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Patient related outcome measures · 2024Article
- Mortality and its associated factors among mechanically ventilated adult patients in the intensive care units of referral hospitals in Northwest Amhara, Ethiopia, 2023.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Article
- Mortality due to Sepsis and Its Associated Factors Among Patients Admitted to Intensive Care Units of Southern Amhara Public Hospitals, Ethiopia.BioMed research international · 2024Article
- 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
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Abstract
Introduction: Despite mortality in intensive care units being a global burden, it is higher in low-resource countries, including Ethiopia. A sufficient number of evidence is not yet established regarding mortality in the intensive care unit and its determinants. This study intended to determine the prevalence of ICU mortality and its determinants in Ethiopia. Methods: PubMed, Google Scholar, The Cochrane Library, HINARI, and African Journals Online (AJOL) databases were systematically explored for potentially eligible studies on mortality prevalence and determinants reported by studies done in Ethiopia. Using a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, two reviewers independently screen, select, review, and extract data for further analysis using STATA/MP version 17. A meta-analysis using a random-effects model was performed to calculate the pooled prevalence and odds ratio with a 95% confidence interval. In addition, using study region and sample size, subgroup analysis was also performed. Results: 9799 potential articles were found after removing duplicates and screening for eligibility, 14 were reviewed. Ethiopia's pooled national prevalence of adult intensive care unit mortality was 39.70% (95% CI: 33.66, 45.74). Mechanical ventilation, length of staying more than two weeks, GCS below 9, and acute respiratory distress syndrome were major predictors of mortality in intensive care units of Ethiopia. Conclusion: Mortality in adult ICU is high in Ethiopia. We strongly recommend that all health care professionals and other stakeholders should act to decrease the high mortality among critically ill patients in Ethiopia.
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