Research Article
Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Surgical Patients with Intensive Care Unit Lengths of Stay of 90 Days and Greater
Table 1
Patient demographics, cardinal diagnosis, type of hospital and ICU admission, and indication for ICU admission.
| Number of patients | 19 | Gender (male/female) (%) | 14/5 (74/26) | Average age at time of ICU admission (years) | 60 (26–81) | Median ICU length of stay (days) | 116 (90–167) | Median hospital stay (days) | 147 (91–282) | Type of hospital admission | | Elective preoperative admission (%) | 11 (58) | Emergency admission (%) | 8 (42) | Cardinal diagnosis of the patients (%) | | Gastrointestinal cancer | 6 (31.6) | Acute pancreatitis | 3 (16) | Bleeding/perforation of GI-tract | 3 (16) | Ovarian cancer | 1 (4.8) | Others | 6 (31.6) | Type of ICU admission (%) | | Elective postoperative admission | 8 (42) | Emergency admission | 11 (58) | Indications for emergency ICU admission (%) | | Pancreatitis | 3 (27.3) | Ileus | 2 (18.2) | Anastomotic Leak | 2 (18.2) | Peritonitis | 2 (18.2) | Bleeding | 1 (9) | Abdominal compartment | 1 (9) |
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ICU: intensive care unit. GI: gastrointestinal.
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