- Marmara Medical Journal
- Vol: 6 Issue: 1
- Prediction of patient mortality in a medical intensive care unit
Prediction of patient mortality in a medical intensive care unit
Authors : E. Ozyilkan, Ö. Ozyilkan, M. E. Korkmaz, E. Karaagaoglu, E. Ahmed, A. Gurlek, N. Mogultekin, A. Kadayifçı
Pages : 10-15
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Publication Date : 1993-01-01
Article Type : Research
Abstract :We retrospectively studied the relationship between organ system failure, sepsis, sex, age, length of stay, initial diagnosis at admission, number of organ system failures, pre-existing chronic disease, and mortality in 499 admissions to a medical intensive care unit (ICU) in order to assess their validity to predict the outcome of ICU stay. Mortality referred to death in the ICU only: 160 (32 %) of the 499 patients died in the ICU and 339 (68%) were transferred onto the general medical wards. Sepsis was found to be a good predictor of mortality (p < 0.01) as were the other predictors of death, that i.e. is, neurological, cardiovascular and pulmonary failures (p<0.05, p<0.10, p<0.10, respectively).Keywords : Mortality, Medical Intensive Care Unit