2006, Number 2
Morbility and mortality during 10 years in the intensive care unit of the Agustín O’ Horan General Hospital of Mérida, Yucatán
Soberanes RL, Salazar EDC, Cetina CMA
Language: Spanish
References: 11
Page: 65-68
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ABSTRACT
Objective: To know the morbility and morbidity in an ICU of a general hospital of Mérida, México.Design: Retrospective study.
Setting: ICU of a general hospital of Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico.
Patients: Two thousand and eight hundred ninety nine patients (1,521 men and 1,378 women), mean age 39.4 ± 19.2 yrs (range 11-98 yrs) admitted to the ICU from January 1994 to December 2004 were included.
Interventions: None.
Measurements and main results: Severe trauma head injury (313 patients, 10.7%) and eclampsia (254 patients, 8.76%) were the most frequent diagnosis. ICU stay was 5.1 ± 4.64 days (range 1-60 days) and the mortality rate was 22.1% due to septic shock (178 patients, 28.2%), multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (142 patients, 22.7%), and brain dead (113 patients, 17.9%).
Conclusion: The most important cause of admission to the ICU is different from other causes reported in several studies in our country, however the mortality rate is similar.
REFERENCES
Ceron DUW, Esponda PJ, Borboya PM, Vázquez MJP. Valor predictivo de los sistemas de calificación de gravedad: comparación de cuatro modelos en tres unidades de terapia intensiva mexicanas incluidas en base de datos multicéntrica en terapia intensiva. Rev Asoc Mex Med Crit y Ter Int 2000;14(2):50-59.