ArticleSAGE open medicine2023
A 7-year review of medical admission profile for clinical diseases in an intensive care unit of a low-resource setting.
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- Evaluating Modified Early Warning Score Compliance to Minimize Unnecessary Intensive Care Unit Admissions: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Needs Assessment at a University Teaching Tertiary Care Centre to Inform Quality Improvement Implementation.Journal of evaluation in clinical practice · 2026Article
- Profile of cases and factors associated with poor outcomes among patients admitted to the intensive care unit at a regional referral hospital in Bhutan: an observational study.BMC health services research · 2025Observational
- Does Surgical Treatment for Benign Prostate Enlargement (BPE)-Related Bladder Outlet Obstruction (BOO) Benefit Patients with Central Nervous System Diseases? A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
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Abstract
Objective: Various patients needing organ or systemic support and close monitoring are routinely managed in the intensive care unit. This includes patients that emanate from various sources, like the trauma unit, emergency department, inpatient wards, and post-anesthesia care unit. Admissions into the intensive care unit due to medical conditions have not been analyzed in our environment to determine the common indications and the outcome. We aimed to determine the pattern of medical admissions and outcomes in the intensive care unit. Method: A retrospective study of all patients admitted to the intensive care unit of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital Nnewi, Anambra State, Nigeria, from January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2020, with medical diagnosis was conducted. Data were retrieved from the intensive care unit admission and discharge registers and analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) Version 20 (IBM Corp., Chicago, Illinois, USA). Results: Eighty-nine medical patients were admitted, which accounted for 7.63% of the total intensive care unit admissions of 1167 patients during the period, with a preponderance of males (57.3%). The most common medical condition for intensive care unit admission (31.5%) was a cerebrovascular accident. The mean length of stay was found to be 5.13 ± 3.42 days. Mortality following medical intensive care unit admission was 56.18%, which contributed to about 11.4% of the total ICU mortality. Conclusion: When compared to all other reasons for admission to a general intensive care unit, medical conditions account for a small percentage. The most frequent illness was a cerebrovascular accident.
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