Causes of mortality among critically ill patients admitted in intensive care unit

Abstract EN

Background : There are only a few studies about the causes of mortality among critically ill patients in Intensive Care Unit (ICU).

Objective : To determine the main causes of death among critically ill patients in ICU.

Design : A Retrospective Study.

Setting : Ibn Sina Teaching Hospital, Hadhramout Province, Yemen.

Method : A retrospective study was conducted in mixed medical-surgical 12-beds Intensive Care Unit from 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2013.

Data were collected from the medical records and analyzed using SPSS version 14.

Result: Five hundred one patients were included in the study.

The mean age of death was 60.35 % (years) and the most common causes of death were from circulatory system disorders 215 (42.91 %), followed by 99 (19.76 %) renal failure.

Most patients were in the age group of ≥70 years at the time of death; average hospitalization was 1-7 days.

There was a significant statistical relationship between the death in ICU with the age and length of stay (P =.0001).

Conclusion : Circulatory system disorders and renal failure were the most common causes of death among the critically ill patients in the ICU