PREVALENCE OF THE ADMISSION CAUSE IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (ICU)
Dr. Ahmed Alaa Jalil*, Dr. Firas Faeq Jameel, Dr. Asmaa Ali Rifaat and Dr. Jinan Mahammed Bager Hasan
ABSTRACT
Background: Intensive care is an important unit for the care of
patients suffering from serious diseases such as heart failure, car
accidents, sudden high blood pressure, acute asthma, heart attack,
acute hyperglycaemia, severe haemorrhagic, Severe Pneumonia,
complications of surgery, multiple and multiple fractures, cerebral
thrombosis, burns, and falling from high places. Aims: To identify the
cause of admission to ICU among patients in Baghdad. Methods: A
cross-sectional study conducted in the intensive care unit in
neurosurgery teaching hospital in Baghdad. All the cases admitted
from January 2018 to the end of June 2018 was enrolled in this study.
Semi-structured questionnaire was used to collect the information from
the records. The sample size was 250 cases. Data was descried by using descriptive statistics
such as frequency, percentage, Fisher chi-square, and p. value. STATA version 14 statistical
package was used to analyse the data. Results: Two hundred and fifty participants, the
highest frequency of cases 134/250 (53.6%) still in the age greater than 40 years and 151/250
(60.4%) are males, also the majority 170/250 (68%) were unemployed. The highest
frequency of admission causes 78/250 (31.2%) was a road traffic accident, followed by
hypertension, diabetes, complication after surgery and gunshot. (17.2%), (16.8%), (15.6%)
and (8.8%), respectively. Conclusions: There are a significant relation between age,
occupation, gender, outcomes and the causes of admission at p. values less than 0.05.
Keywords: Intensive, cause, unit, care, complication, RTA.
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