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São Paulo med. j ; 117(5): 205-14, Sept. 1999. tab
Article in English | LILACS | ID: lil-250192

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CONTEXT: The performance of each ICU needs to be assessed within the overall context of medical care, as well as by the institution which the ICU forms part of. Evaluation mechanisms in the field of intensive care have been developed that are recognized worldwide within the scientific literature. OBJECTIVE: To study outcomes from groups of critical patients and to compare their actual and estimated mortality rates. DESIGN: Prospective study of patients' outcomes. SETTING: A tertiary care unit for a period of 13 months (anesthesiology intensive care unit at the Escola Paulista de Medicina). PARTICIPANTS: 520 patients selected according to sex, age and nature of hospitalization. DIAGNOSTIC TEST: The modified APACHE II prognostic index was applied in order to assess clinical severity and anticipation of mortality in three groups who had non-surgical treatment, emergency surgery and elective surgery. MAIN MEASUREMENTS: The APACHE II index. RESULTS: The application of this index allowed patients to be stratified and expected death risks for both subgroups and the entire sample population to be calculated. The observed mortality rate was greater than the expected rate (28.5 per cent versus 23.6 per cent respectively), with a statistically significant difference. The standardized mortality rate was 1.20. Patients who obtained scores above 25 presented a significant outcome towards death. The most severe and worst evolving cases were, in decreasing order: non-surgical, emergency surgical and scheduled surgical patients; the actual general mortality rate was higher than the expected one. CONCLUSIONS: The use of the APACHE II index made it possible to stratify critical patient groups according to the severity of their condition.


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Humans , Male , Female , Adolescent , Middle Aged , Prognosis , Severity of Illness Index , APACHE , Intensive Care Units , Aged, 80 and over , Prospective Studies , Mortality
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Rev. bras. ter. intensiva ; 7(2): 44-8, abr.-jun. 1995.
Article in Portuguese | LILACS | ID: lil-196879

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Um estudo das condiçöes de funcionamento das UTIs de Adultos realizado pela Sociedade Cearense de Terapia Intensiva (SOCETI) no mês de maio de 1993 na cidade de Fortaleza, Ceará, mostrou resultados preocupantes. Ficou evidenciado um quadro caótico, inclusive na área da regulamentaçao dos serviços, posto que nao há padronizaçäo mínima, havendo apenas aleatórias recomendaçöes de setores relacionados (ex-INAMPS. Ministério da Saúde), num arcabouço de normas "oficiais" propositadamente frouxas e sem a menor seriedade. A SOCETI, entäo, em parceria com a Secretaria da Saúde do Estado do Ceará, promoveu gestöes no sentido de se criar normas mínimas para implantaçäo e funcionamento de UTIs no Estado do Ceará. O presente trabalho é resultado desta parceria, estando já vigorando em todo o Estado. De acordo com a faixa etária dos pacientes aos quais säo destinadas, foram definidos três tipos de UTIs: de Adultos, Pediátrica e Neonatal. A UTI de adultos (dita geral) é descrita com detalhes e, nas definiçöes das UTIs Pediátrica e Neonatal, procurou-se descrever os critérios divergentes dos da UTI referencial. A presente normatizaçäo tem a pretensäo de contribuir para o debate a nível nacional dos critérios de implantaçao e funcionamento de UTIs, objetivando a melhoria das condiçöes de trabalho do intensivista e da qualidade da assistência intensiva, bem como o reconhecimento e crescimento da especialidade.


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Humans , Intensive Care Units/standards , Brazil , Intensive Care Units, Neonatal/standards , Intensive Care Units, Pediatric/standards
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