| Influence of time elapsed from end of emergency surgery until admission to intensive care unit, on Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II) prediction and patient mortality rate. | |
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PMID: 16389414 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Patients are often admitted to intensive care units with delay in relation to when this service was indicated. The objective was to verify whether this delay influences hospital mortality, length of stay in the unit and hospital, and APACHE II prediction. DESIGN AND SETITNG: Prospective and accuracy study, in intensive care unit of Santa Casa de São Paulo, a tertiary university hospital. METHODS: We evaluated all 94 patients admitted following emergency surgery, from August 2002 to July 2003. The variables studied were APACHE II, death risk, length of stay in the unit and hospital, and hospital mortality rate. The patients were divided into two groups according to the time elapsed between end of surgery and admission to the unit: up to 12 hours and over 12 hours. RESULTS: The groups were similar regarding gender, age, diagnosis, APACHE II score and hospital stay. The death risk factors were age, APACHE II and elapsed time (p < 0.02). The mortality rate for the over 12-hour group was higher (54% versus 26.1%; p = 0.018). For the over 12-hour group, observed mortality was higher than expected mortality (p = 0.015). For the up to 12-hour group, observed and expected mortality were similar (p = 0.288). CONCLUSION: APACHE II foresaw the mortality rate among patients that arrived faster to the intensive core unit, while the mortality rate was higher among those patients whose admission to the intensive care unit took longer. |
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Authors:
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Paulo Antonio Chiavone; Samir Rasslan |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: São Paulo medical journal = Revista paulista de medicina Volume: 123 ISSN: 1516-3180 ISO Abbreviation: Sao Paulo Med J Publication Date: 2005 Jul |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2006-01-04 Completed Date: 2006-05-10 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 100897261 Medline TA: Sao Paulo Med J Country: Brazil |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 167-74 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Intensive Care, Hospital Santa Casa de Misericórdia de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. dir.uti@santacasasp.org.br |
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APACHE* Adolescent Adult Aged Emergency Treatment / mortality, standards, statistics & numerical data* Hospital Mortality* Humans Intensive Care Units / statistics & numerical data* Length of Stay Middle Aged Outcome Assessment (Health Care) Predictive Value of Tests Prognosis Prospective Studies Surgical Procedures, Operative / mortality, standards, statistics & numerical data* Time Factors |
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