Estudio clínico epidemiológico de los pacientes ingresados a UCI según grupo etáreo / Clinical epidemiological study of patients admitted at ICU according to age
Rev. méd. Chile
; 125(3): 305-10, mar. 1997. tab
Article
in Spanish
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ABSTRACT
The charts of all patients admitted to an intensive care unit of a University Hospital, during 1 year, were reviewed. The diagnosis that caused the admission was considered the main disease. Severity at the moment of admission was assesses using the Apache asore. A total of 777 patients were admitted during the study period. Twenty had to be excluded due to lack of reliable data. Four hundred thirty two (57 percent) were over 65 years old. Cardiovascular diseases were the main cause of admission in young and old patients. Mortality was 14,8 percent of patients over 65 years old and 18.7 percent in younger patients. Main causes of death were cardiac arrest, cardiogenic shock, sepsis and cerebrovascular disease. No differences in causes of death were observed between young and old patients. Patients older than 65 years old admitted to intensive care units are very similar to the younger counterparts in their prognosis and causes of admission
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Collection:
International databases
Health context:
Neglected Diseases
Health problem:
Diarrhea
Database:
LILACS
Main subject:
Patient Admission
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Severity of Illness Index
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Intensive Care Units
Limits:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Rev. méd. Chile
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
1997
Document type:
Article