A 7-year review of medical admission profile for clinical diseases in an intensive care unit of a low-resource setting.

Cyril Emeka NwachukwuJulius NwachukwuBoniface Chukwuneme OkpalaChiugo Anastasia NwachukwuIfeatu Ogochukwu OranusiChinyelu Uchenna UfoarohAugusta Nkiruka OkpalaChukwuemeka Jude OfojebeOsita Samuel UmeononihuLouis Anayo Nwajiaku

Published in: SAGE open medicine (2023)

When compared to all other reasons for admission to a general intensive care unit, medical conditions account for a small percentage. The most frequent illness was a cerebrovascular accident.

Keyphrases

intensive care unit
emergency department
healthcare
mechanical ventilation
acute respiratory distress syndrome
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation