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- Title
Assessing the Course and Outcome of Trauma Patients in Surgical Intensive Care Unit: A Hospital Based Prospective Observational Study.
- Authors
Shamim, Anjum; Jeelani, Tahleel Mohd; Salman, Wasim
- Abstract
Background: Despite continued advances in intensive care unit technology and the availability of sophisticated interventions for the treatment of critically ill or severely injured patients, major trauma patients continue to die in the SICU. Identification of factors responsible for this state of affairs is of paramount in order to improve the outcome of these patients. Admission of patients with poor prognosis and/or prolonged use of the ICU facility results in other patients with a better prognosis being denied care; many of these die as a result. Understanding the magnitude of the problem and characterizing the patterns of injury in these patients is important in planning programmes targeted at preventing their occurrence and subsequently reduce ICU admissions. There is paucity of published data on SICU trauma admissions in our environment despite large number of trauma admissions to our ICU. Aim To assess the disease course of trauma patients admitted in Surgical Intensive Care Unit and study the various factors for improving the outcome of trauma patients in Surgical Intensive Care Unit. Methods The current research was an prospective observational study of 48 patients and has provided characterization of patients and their complications which develop after trauma in SICU. Valuable information gained will help identifying subjects at high risk for the future development of complications and be applied in clinical practice for preemptive strategies for better trauma SICU management and research. Results In this study It was seen that complications and mortality among ICU trauma patients are associated with different risk factors and course of management. This means that modifying factors influencing occurrence of complications can somewhat increase survival advantage to trauma patients admitted in our SICUs. Conclusion Before embarking on large expensive clinical trials targeting or manipulating specific variables, it is of paramount importance to conduct thorough studies adequately addressing the role and interactions of various risk factors in patients admitted with trauma to SICUs for better patient care and outcome. This study was conducted to describe the characteristics and treatment outcome of major trauma patients admitted into our ICU and to identify predictors of outcome.
- Subjects
INTENSIVE care patients; SURGICAL intensive care; INTENSIVE care units; HOSPITAL care; TREATMENT effectiveness
- Publication
JK Practitioner, 2022, Vol 27, Issue 4, p24
- ISSN
0971-8834
- Publication type
Article