Increased risk of death and readmission after hospital discharge of critically ill patients in a developing country: a retrospective multicenter cohort study.
Vanessa Chaves Barreto Ferreira de LimaAna Luiza BierrenbachGizelton Pereira AlencarAna Lucia AndradeLuciano César Pontes de AzevedoPublished in: Intensive care medicine (2018)
In a public healthcare system of a developing country, ICU patients have excessive long-term mortality and frequent readmissions. The ICU burden tended to reduce over time after hospital discharge.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- intensive care unit
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- healthcare
- mechanical ventilation
- peritoneal dialysis
- risk factors
- prognostic factors
- mental health
- type diabetes
- cardiovascular disease
- patient reported outcomes
- physical activity
- weight gain
- double blind
- patient reported
- electronic health record