In-ICU Outcomes of Critically Ill Patients in a Reference Cameroonian Intensive Care Unit: A Retrospective Cohort Study.
Edgar Mandeng Ma LinwaCharles Binam BikoiJoel Noutakdie TochieEmmanuel Ndoye NdoJean Moise BikoyCharlotte Eposse EkoubeRaissa Fogue MogoungIgor Simo GhomsiMichael Ngenge BudziEsther Eleonore Ngo LinwaMartin Geh MehDavid MekoloPublished in: Critical care research and practice (2023)
The in-ICU mortality rate in this major referral Cameroonian ICU is high. Six in 10 patients admitted to the ICU die. Patients were more likely to die if admitted with deep coma and high sodium levels in the blood.
Keyphrases
- intensive care unit
- mechanical ventilation
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- primary care
- type diabetes
- prognostic factors
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- cardiovascular disease
- patient reported outcomes
- coronary artery disease
- skeletal muscle
- insulin resistance
- weight loss
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation