Who gets home: a retrospective analysis of outcome of intensive care unit patients

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Who gets home: a retrospective analysis of outcome of intensive care unit patients

Original language description

Objective: Quality of life after ICU is the most important parameter for our patients. Acceptable quality of life differs. A frequent question from patients or relatives is whether the patient will ever get home. In our study we have tried to answer this simple but difficult question. Methods: A retrospective analysis of outcome of patients discharged from ICU in 2008 after a stay longer than 72 hours. Patients with a longer ICU stay than 72 hours are followed in postintensive care clinic. This analysis was done as a part of 5 year-follow up visit. The goal was to find out how many patients reached home. Results: 272 patients were admitted to our ICU in 2008. 44(16,2%) patients died in ICU. 80(29,4%) patients were discharged after a stay shorter than 72 hours. 148(54,4%) patients were discharged from ICU after a stay longer than 72 hours and were followed in postintensive care clinic. From these patients 31(21%) patients never left healtcare facility and 31(21%) patients were lost to follow up. 86(58%) patients reached home. With increasing age less patients left healtcare facility but even in the oldest group (80 years) after substracting the patients lost to follow up half of patients reached home. Conclusion: More than half of our patients with a longer stay than 72 hours reached home, the number of patients decreased with age, but even in the higher age groups the results were encouraging. This simple parameter can be important for our patients.

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Type

O - Miscellaneous

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OECD FORD branch

30223 - Anaesthesiology

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů