2014
DOI: 10.4137/ijcm.s13902
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Morbidity Pattern and Outcome of Patients Admitted into a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit in India

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Intensive care has become very important in the management of critically ill children who require advanced airway, respiratory, and hemodynamic supports and are usually admitted into the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) with the aim of achieving an outcome better than if the patients were admitted into other parts of the hospital. It becomes important to audit admissions and their outcome, which may help to modify practices if necessary following thorough introspection, leading to better patien… Show more

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“…The average LOS in PICU of 5.25 days was similar to several previous reports . Though studies report increased mortality with longer stays in the PICU; ours, like a few others, showed no such relationship . One study described a 2% increase in risk of death with every additional day of hospitalization .…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 89%
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“…The average LOS in PICU of 5.25 days was similar to several previous reports . Though studies report increased mortality with longer stays in the PICU; ours, like a few others, showed no such relationship . One study described a 2% increase in risk of death with every additional day of hospitalization .…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 89%
“…Our overall recorded mortality of 30% was higher than the reported PICU respiratory mortality of 7% to 25% in most other studies . Bronchopneumonia contributed to 91% of all respiratory mortality.…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 67%
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“…The care of critically ill patients is undoubtedly one of the most burdensome and onerous aspects of intensive care medicine. Because intensive care and coronary care attract a huge cost on the part of the health facilities and patients care givers, it is usually only offered to patients whose condition is potentially reversible and who have a good chance of surviving with the intensive care support [2] Like in other parts of the world [3], the demographics of Saudi Arabia population is progressively changing; so does the mortality recorded from heart-related disorders, resulting in increased admission of middle-aged individuals and elderly with complicated cardiac diseases. The rapid socioeconomic growth in the Gulf countries, which engendered a tremendous shift in lifestyle such as an increased consumption of low quality cholesterol-laden foods and adoption of a sedentary lifestyle [4], has resulted in increase rates of CVD and associated risk factors among the Gulf population [4].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%