Factors Associated with Intensive Care Unit Admission Refusal

Clinical Predictors of Intensive Care Unit Admission for Asthmatic Children

IntroductionChildren with severe asthma attack are a challenging group of patients who could be difficult to treat and leading to significant morbidity and mortality. Asthma attack severity is qualitatively estimated as mild, moderate and severe attacks and respiratory failure based on conditions such as respiration status, feeling of dyspnea, and the degree of unconsciousness. part of which ar...

Factors associated with admission to the intensive care unit in patients undergoing nephrectomy

colonization with methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus upon intensive care unit admission: incidence and risk factors

methods in a cross-sectional study, 164 adult patients who were admitted to the icu of a teaching hospital were screened for nasal and extra-nasal carriage of mrsa. in addition, the icu-hospitalized patients were evaluated for mrsa acquisition during their icu stay. results out of the 164 patients admitted to the icu, 12 (7.3%) patients were methicillin-susceptible staphylococcus aureus (mssa) ...

Factors associated with maternal death in an intensive care unit

Objective: To identify factors associated with maternal death in patients admitted to an intensive care unit. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in a maternal intensive care unit. All medical records of patients admitted from January 2012 to December 2014 were reviewed. Pregnant and puerperal women were included; those with diagnoses of hydatidiform mole, ectopic pregnancy, or ane...

Risk Factors for Intensive Care Unit Admission in Patients with Autoimmune Encephalitis

BACKGROUND Prevention and early recognition of critical illness in patients with autoimmune encephalitis (AE) is essential to achieve better outcome. AIM OF THE STUDY To evaluate risk factors for intensive care unit (ICU) admission and its prognostic impact in patients with AE. PATIENTS AND METHODS A reclassification of patients hospitalized between 2011 and 2016 revealed 17 "definite" and ...