Active Ventilation in Treatment of Respiratory Acidosis in Chronic Diseases of the Lungs

Bjørneboe, M.; Astrup, Poul; Harvald, B; Thaysen, Eigil Hess; Ibsen, B; Everberg, G.; Søttrup, T.; Thorshauge, C

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“…By the 1960's many institutions had developed "respiratory care units" to facilitate the management of patients requiring mechanical ventilation. At the same time, coronary care units were also established for the intensive postoperative care of patients who had undergone cardiac surgery while surgical units managed patients who had undergone major surgical procedures [7].…”

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Profile of Intensive Care Unit Admissions and Outcomes in a Tertiary Care Center of a Developing Country in West Africa: A 5 Year Analysis

Poluyi¹,

Oo²,

Co³

et al. 2016

Intensive & Crit Care

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Objective: The objective was to determine the Profile of Intensive Care Unit admissions and outcomes in the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH). Results: A total of 647 patients were admitted into the ICU, there were 352 (54.4) males and 295 (45.6) females giving a male to female ratio of 1.2: 1. The young and the middle aged group (20-59 years) accounted for 66.9% (433) of all the ICU admissions. The study showed that neurosurgical cases accounted for 32.0% (207) of all admissions into ICU while the lowest was from oral and maxillofacial surgery 0.1% (1). Severe traumatic brain injury accounted for 77.3% (160) of all Neurosurgical admission. Mortality rate was 61.4% (397) in our study and 38.7% (250) patients survived. There was no correlation between the age of patients and number of deaths across the specialty. Burns and plastics cases accounted for 4.9% (32) of all admissions into ICU of which 96.9% (31) of cases had a recorded percentage area of body surface burns. Patients referred from the specialty of Internal medicine made up 18.5% (119) of the total ICU admissions, while the most common medical indication for admission was Neurological cases 53.8% (64). Post-operative surgical care across all specialties accounted for 36.6% (237) of all ICU admission. Materials and methods: Conclusion:Survival rate of patients in our ICU is uncomfortably low. The need to set up a local critical care medicine training program to produce intensive care physicians for the ICUs should be put in place to help improve the outcome of patients. Also, the absence of numerous data in our region on workload, outcome and costs, and the heterogeneity of ICUs, makes it evident that any recommendation about future provision will be highly speculative.

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Profile of Intensive Care Unit Admissions and Outcomes in a Tertiary Care Center of a Developing Country in West Africa: A 5 Year Analysis

Poluyi¹,

Oo²,

Co³

et al. 2016

Intensive & Crit Care

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“…[2] In 1953, Bjorn Aage Ibsen established the first ICU in Copenhagen where patients received intermittent positive pressure ventilation. [3]…”

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Pattern of admission and outcome of patients admitted into the Intensive Care Unit of University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital Enugu: A 5-year review

Onyekwulu

Anya

2015

Niger J Clin Pract

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Characterization of the intensive care unit (ICU) admissions in the Benue State University Teaching Hospital.

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Today, intensive care units (ICUs) of most hospitals in developed countries have become separate departments staffed by career intensive care physicians or intensivists from various fields of medicine. In Nigeria, however, ICUs are still part of the anaesthesia department and critical care constitutes a significant part of the workload and responsibilities of anesthetists. This study was carried out to ascertain the types of disease conditions that were brought into the ICU for management at the Benue State University Teaching Hospital (BSUTH), interventions undertaken as well as the outcome of such admissions. A total of 125 patients were evaluated. The age bracket between 21 and 30 years recorded the highest figure of 28 accounting for 22.4% of the study population. This was followed by the age bracket between 31 and 40 years with 24 representing 19.2%. The study population was made up of 81 males and 44 females making up 64.8% and 35.2%, respectively. The most frequent conditions occasioning ICU admissions are post laparotomy (24.8%), head injury (18.4%), and burns (11.2%). A total of 289 interventions in various combinations were carried out on these patients. Of these, monitoring of the patients was undertaken 106 times, representing 36.7%. Oxygen therapy followed closely with 102 (35.3%). The lowest number of days spent by patients in the ICU in this study, was 1, while the longest was 35 with a mean of 5.97 days ± 7.76 days. Majority of the patients, 68, were discharged from the ICU to the wards making up 54.4% of the study population. This was closely followed by those that died, 50, accounting for 40.0% of the study population. This study has established that in our ICU, the most common indications for admission were post-laparotomy, head injury and burns. Also, it has been observed that most of the patients underwent haemodynamic monitoring and oxygen therapy. Finally, while most patients admitted were discharged to the wards, a good number also died in the ICU.

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Active Ventilation in Treatment of Respiratory Acidosis in Chronic Diseases of the Lungs

Cited by 12 publications

References 9 publications

Profile of Intensive Care Unit Admissions and Outcomes in a Tertiary Care Center of a Developing Country in West Africa: A 5 Year Analysis

Profile of Intensive Care Unit Admissions and Outcomes in a Tertiary Care Center of a Developing Country in West Africa: A 5 Year Analysis

Pattern of admission and outcome of patients admitted into the Intensive Care Unit of University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital Enugu: A 5-year review

Characterization of the intensive care unit (ICU) admissions in the Benue State University Teaching Hospital.

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