Seasonal variation of clinical characteristics and prognostic of adult patients admitted to an intensive care unit.
Glaucia GalvãoAna Luiza MezzarobaFernanda Kazmierski MorakamiMeriele CapelettiOlavo Franco FilhoMarcos TanitaTiago FeronatoBarbara CharneskiLucienne Tibery Queiroz CardosoLarissa AndradeCíntia Magalhães Carvalho GrionPublished in: Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) (2020)
It was possible to observe variations of the clinical characteristics and prognosis of patients; summer months presented a higher proportion of clinical and emergency surgery patients, with higher mortality rates. Sepsis at ICU admission did not show seasonal behavior. A seasonal pattern was found for mortality rate.
Keyphrases
- intensive care unit
- end stage renal disease
- emergency department
- cardiovascular events
- ejection fraction
- minimally invasive
- mechanical ventilation
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- healthcare
- risk factors
- acute kidney injury
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- type diabetes
- heat stress
- coronary artery disease
- young adults
- septic shock
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- surgical site infection