Retrospective Descriptive Study of an Intensive Care Unit at a Ugandan Regional Referral Hospital

Retrospective Descriptive Study of an Intensive Care Unit at a Ugandan Regional Referral Hospital

Background We describe delivery and outcomes of critical care at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, a Ugandan secondary referral hospital serving a large, widely dispersed rural population. Methods Retrospective observational study of ICU admissions was performed from January 2008 to December 2011....

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Veröffentlicht in:World journal of surgery 2016-12, Vol.40 (12), p.2847-2856
Hauptverfasser: Ttendo, Stephen S., Was, Adam, Preston, Mark A., Munyarugero, Emmanuel, Kerry, Vanessa B., Firth, Paul G.
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Sprache:eng
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Abdominal Surgery
Acute Care Unit
Admission Diagnosis
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Cardiac Surgery
Child
Child, Preschool
Critical Care
Female
General Surgery
Hospital Mortality
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Intensive Care Unit
Intensive Care Units
Length of Stay
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Middle Aged
Original Scientific Report
Referral and Consultation
Respiration, Artificial
Retrospective Studies
Surgery
Thoracic Surgery
Uganda
Vascular Surgery
Ventilation Status
Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:Background We describe delivery and outcomes of critical care at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, a Ugandan secondary referral hospital serving a large, widely dispersed rural population. Methods Retrospective observational study of ICU admissions was performed from January 2008 to December 2011. Results Of 431 admissions, 239 (55.4 %) were female, and 142 (33.2 %) were children (
ISSN:0364-2313
1432-2323
DOI:10.1007/s00268-016-3644-5