Pattern of Admitted Cases in Respiratory Intensive Care Unit at Assiut University Hospitals
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
Human health comprises many different states, ranging from perfect health to critical illness, so medical facilities should be able to provide medical assistance tailored to the patient's degree of disease.
The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) serves as a place for monitoring and care of patients with potentially severe physiologic instability requiring technical and/or artificial life support. The level of care in an ICU is greater than that available on the floor or Intermediate Care Unit.
Because of the utilization of expensive resources, ICUs should, in general, be reserved for those patients with reversible medical conditions who have a "reasonable prospect of substantial recovery".
About one third of hospital mortality occurs in critically ill patients in the intensive care unit. On the other hand, critically ill patients are responsible for 10 - 20 % of global hospital costs.
It is well accepted that early appropriate referral of patients to an ICU can significantly reduce early and possibly late mortality in the critically ill.At the same time improper selection of patients for ICU who block ICU beds often limits bed availability in ICUs. This in turn adversely affects the dynamics the whole hospital.
The Respiratory Intensive Care Unit (RICU) is an area that provides closed monitoring and intensive treatment for patients with acute or exacerbated respiratory failure caused by a disease that is primarily respiratory.
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Study Design
Arms and Interventions
| Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
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| Observational Patterno of admitted cases in Respiratory Intensive Care Unit at Assiut University Hospitals and Outcome |
Other: Observational
To determine different patterns of admission and their Outcome
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Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- The purpose of study is determine prognosis of patients admitted in Respiratory Intensive Care Unit at Assiut University Hospitals. [First 24hours of admission.]
Assessment of Acute Physiology and Health Evaluation II (APHCHE II) score of each admitted case.
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
Patients with the following conditions are candidates for admission to the respiratory
Intensive Care Unit. The following conditions include, but are not limited to:
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Acute respiratory failure requiring ventilatory support
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Acute pulmonary embolism with haemodynamic instability
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Massive haemoptysis
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Upper airway obstruction
Exclusion Criteria:
Patients who are generally not appropriate for respiratory ICU admission:
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Irreversible brain damage
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End stage cardiac, respiratory and liver disease with no options for transplant
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Metastatic cancer unresponsive to chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy
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Patients with non-traumatic coma leading to a persistent vegetative state (7,8,9,10)
Contacts and Locations
Locations
No locations specified.Sponsors and Collaborators
- Assiut University
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Mahmoud Badwy, Resident, Assiut University
- Study Director: Yousef Ahmad, Prof, Assiut University
Study Documents (Full-Text)
None provided.More Information
Publications
- Mahmoud Badwy2017