Open AccessAre we selecting appropriate admissions for intensive care following major abdominal surgery: A retrospective cohort study on outcomes of 1059 patients
Author(s) -
Jeremy P Batt,
Rosie Vincent
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of critical illness and injury science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.274
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 2231-5004
pISSN - 2229-5151
DOI - 10.4103/ijciis.ijciis_9_20
Subject(s) - medicine , emergency medicine , intensive care unit , retrospective cohort study , elective surgery , emergency department , intensive care , apache ii , cohort , observational study , laparotomy , cohort study , intensive care medicine , surgery , psychiatry
Like any other medical treatment, The intensive care unit (ICU) is a limited resource that needs to be utilized appropriately. This study aimed to identify the outcomes of patients admitted to the ICU based on patient demographic and severity score parameters.