2015
DOI: 10.5958/2454-6712.2016.00006.7
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Retrospective review of disease patterns and outcomes of patients admitted in Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU) of Government Medical College and Hospital, Srinagar (Uttarakhand)

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“…In this study out of 792 admitted patients in the ICU, 141 (17.80%) of patient had mortality while 38(4.80%) were taken home by their families against medical advice and 60 (7.58%) were referred to other centers. Mortality in our study was higher than the mortality of a study from Srinagar India 9.4%, 16 while it was far lesser than that of studies from various centers of Ethiopia, where mortality was 38.7%, 10 39%, 17 and 37.7% 18 respectively. Similarly the overall mortality in-ICU was 41.4% in a study from Tanzania.…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 82%
“…In this study out of 792 admitted patients in the ICU, 141 (17.80%) of patient had mortality while 38(4.80%) were taken home by their families against medical advice and 60 (7.58%) were referred to other centers. Mortality in our study was higher than the mortality of a study from Srinagar India 9.4%, 16 while it was far lesser than that of studies from various centers of Ethiopia, where mortality was 38.7%, 10 39%, 17 and 37.7% 18 respectively. Similarly the overall mortality in-ICU was 41.4% in a study from Tanzania.…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 82%
“…The intensive care unit (ICU) or critical care unit (CCU) is a specialized unit in a healthcare facility dedicated to the provision of care for patients who are ill from critical conditions from which there is potential for recovery [ 1 ]. The goal of the ICU is to prevent morbidity and mortality among patients who are at high risk through the provision of critical care [ 1 ].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The intensive care unit (ICU) or critical care unit (CCU) is a specialized unit in a healthcare facility dedicated to the provision of care for patients who are ill from critical conditions from which there is potential for recovery [ 1 ]. The goal of the ICU is to prevent morbidity and mortality among patients who are at high risk through the provision of critical care [ 1 ]. Therefore, patients admitted to the ICU are offered more detailed observation, monitoring, and treatment as compared to the care available to patients admitted to the standard lying-in wards or departments [ 2 ].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Unlike many studies our ICU recorded maximum number of patients from General Medicine. 4,5,9 This was followed by neurosurgery owing to large number of road traffic accidents due to vicinity of hospital to national highway. Moreover, our hospital caters the population of hilly area which happens to be high accident-prone region.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…However, stay in ICU involves larger expenditure too. 4 Not all patients who have potentially recoverable disease can afford the expenditure of ICU. Similarly, the outcome of a critically ill patient is also not certain as it depends on multiple factors.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%