Tamayo BE, Fernández CB, Matos MA, Estopiñan ZD, Romero OY

Language: Spanish
References: 19
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ABSTRACT

A descriptive and retrospective study of 109 patients, assisted in the Intensive Care Unit from "Vladimir Ilich Lenin" University General Hospital in Holguín was carried out from September, 2006 to the same month of 2007, with the obje ctive of determining the frequency of the unplanned admissions in that Service. The necessary information was obtained from the clinical records and the registration book from the hospital. The patients who were in the post surgical period prevailed (3 9.4%), while sepsis/multiple organs dysfunction (25.7%) constituted the most common causes for the admission. The occurrence of unexpected complications increased its frequency (43.0%), with higher severity predictors (66.0%), (APACHE II), compared to the scheduled cases.

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