Implementing an ICU registry in Ethiopia—Implications for critical care quality improvement
Authors' conclusion
In this study, ICU mortality was high, and complications were common and associated with increased mortality.
Study context
- Population
- Patients in two tertiary referral hospital intensive care units (ICUs) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, July 2021-June 2022
- Participants
- 496 patients
- Outcome
- ICU mortality
Methodological detailstwo-centre, ICU registry
- Two-centre
- ICU registry
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
ICU mortality
35.3%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Reasons for ICU admission
- Respiratory failure
- 24.0%
- Major head injury
- 17.5%
- Sepsis/septic shock
- 13.3%
ICU mortality by subgroup
- Respiratory failure
- 46.2%
- Sepsis
- 66.7%
- Vasopressor requirements
- 70.5%
- Admitted from hospital ward
- 64.7%
- Major complications in the ICU
- 62.3%
Safety
- Patients with complications
- 41.0%
Original publication
Implementing an ICU registry in Ethiopia—Implications for critical care quality improvement. J Crit Care. Published 18 January 2024. doi:10.
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