Association between time and mortality of patients admitted from Emergency Department to Intensive Care Unit
Journal Title: Scholars Academic Journal of Pharmacy - Year 2016, Vol 5, Issue 5
Abstract
Increasing patient population and refunds for hospital based health services lead over admissions to hospitals and emergency departments (ED). Increased patient ED admissions thus increased time-spend in ED and over-crowded ED, raised importance of differentiating more critical patients in ED’s.The files of patients with different types of complains that consult to emergency service and then transferred and treated in intensive care units of Bakirkoy Dr. SadiKonuk Training andİnvestigating Hospital in between 1 January 2010 and 31 December 2011 are investigated retrospectively. 380 patients whose planned datas are attained are included in this study.The waiting time in emergency services to be transferred to intensive care units is evaluated to be able to show the mortality rates of intensive care units.The time between admission and transfer to intensive care unit is significantly higher for the patients that die (1,3 ± 356,5 min, 6 hr approximately) than the patients survive (237,8 ± 263,9min, 4hr approximately).Correlatively the age of paitents that die is also significantly higher (61,5± 19,6) then the patients survive (43,0 ± 22,4) as established in this study. When the waiting time between the admission to ED and transfer to the intensive care unit is higher than 351 minute(5hour and 51 minute), it leads to the high possibility of patient mortality.Briefly this study conclude that; the patient mortality significantly decreases when the patients’ transfer to intensive care units is done in a short time without any delay. Keywords:Critical patient, Emergency department, Intensive care unit, Waiting time.
Authors and Affiliations
Hatice Topcu, DogacNiyazi Ozucelik, Akkan Avci, BanuKarakus Yilmaz, Murat Koyuncu
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