Patterns of Admission and Clinical Outcomes Among Patients Admitted to Medical Intensive Care Unit of a Teaching and Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia
Open Access
- 1 January 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Global Advances in Health and Medicine
Abstract
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 < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: A total of 738 patients were admitted to medical intensive care unit (MICU) during September, 2015 - April, 2019. Five hundred and four patients (68%) of all intensive care unit (ICU) admissions had complete data. Out of the 504 patients, 268 (53.2%) patients were females. Cardiovascular disease 182(36.1%) was the commonest categorical admission diagnosis. The overall mortality rate was 38.7%. In the multivariate analysis, mortality was associated with need for mechanical ventilation (AOR = 5.87, 95% CI: 3.24 - 10.65) and abnormal mental status at admission (AOR = 2.8, 95% CI: 1.83-4.29). Patients who had stay less than four days in MICU were 5 times more likely to die than those who has stay longer time (AOR= 5.58, 95% CI: 3.58- 8.69). Conclusions: The overall mortality was considerably high and cardiovascular diseases were the most common cause of admission in MICU. Need for mechanical ventilator, length of intensive care unit stay and mental status at admission were strongly associated with clinical outcome of patients admitted to medical intensive care unit.Keywords
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