Open AccessHypoxaemia on arrival in a multidisciplinary intensive care unit
Author(s) -
K De Vasconcellos,
David Lee Skinner,
Dhivendra Singh
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
samj. south african medical journal/south african medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.527
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 2078-5135
pISSN - 0256-9574
DOI - 10.7196/samj.2016.v106i5.10251
Subject(s) - medicine , intensive care unit , logistic regression , odds ratio , emergency medicine , incidence (geometry) , observational study , confidence interval , univariate analysis , psychological intervention , hypoxemia , intensive care , intensive care medicine , pediatrics , multivariate analysis , physics , psychiatry , optics
Transport of the critically ill patient poses the risk of numerous complications. Hypoxaemia is one such serious adverse event and is associated with potential morbidity and mortality. It is, however, potentially preventable.