Table 3 Indications for ICU admission, co-morbidities, complications, and ICU-mortality of patients in SICU, (N = 388)
Variables | Categories | Total (N = 388) | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Dead (n = 148 ) | Alive (n = 240) | |||
Indication | Peritonitis | 24 (6.2%) | 5 (3.4%) | 19 (7.9%) |
Septic shock | 114 (29.4%) | 63 (42.6%) | 51 (21.2%) | |
Head injury | 128 (33%) | 37 (25%) | 91 (37.9%) | |
Hemorrhagic shock | 22 (5.7%) | 7 (4.7%) | 15 (6.3%) | |
Thoracoabdominal injury | 49 (12.6%) | 14 (9.5%) | 35 (14.6%) | |
ARDS | 51 (13.1%) | 22 (14.9%) | 29 (12.1%) | |
Comorbidity | Yes | 38 (9.8%) | 12 (8.1%) | 26 (10.8%) |
No | 350 (90.2%) | 136 (91.9%) | 214 (89.2%) | |
Type of comorbidity (N = 38) | Hypertension | 8 (21.1%) | 4 (2.7%) | 4 (1.7%) |
HIV | 5 (13.2%) | 3 (2%) | 2 (0.8%) | |
Cancer | 21 (55.3%) | 3 (2%) | 18 (7.5%) | |
Others (Diabetic, asthmatic.) | 4 (10.5%) | 2 (1.4%) | 2 (0.8%) | |
Readmission | Yes | 3 (0.8%) | 0 (0%) | 3 (1.2%) |
No | 385 (99.2%) | 148 (100%) | 237 (98.8%) | |
Complications | Yes | 176 (45.4%) | 93 (62.8%) | 83 (34.6%) |
No | 212 (54.6%) | 55 (37.2%) | 157 (65.4%) | |
Complications during ICU stay (N = 176) | Arrhythmia | 34 (19.3%) | 23 (15.5%) | 11 (4.6%) |
Aspiration pneumonia | 87 (49.4%) | 33 (22.3%) | 54 (22.5%) | |
Cardiac arrest | 12 (6.8%) | 10 (6.8%) | 2 (0.8%) | |
Sepsis | 24 (13.6%) | 14 (9.5%) | 10 (4.2%) | |
AKI | 19 (10.8%) | 16 (10.9%) | 3 (1.3%) | |