Research Article
In-ICU Outcomes of Critically Ill Patients in a Reference Cameroonian Intensive Care Unit: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Table 1
Baseline sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of patients admitted at ICU laquintinie.
| | Variables | No death n = 154 (%) | Death n = 360 (%) | Total n = 514 | value |
| | Median age in years (SD) | 39.0 (27.0–56.8) | 53.0 (39.0–65.9) | 49.0 (34.2–64.0) | <0.001 | | Age category | | >40 years | 74 (48.1) | 261 (72.5) | 335 (65.2) | <0.001 | | Marital status (married) | 73 (47.4) | 180 (50.0) | 253 (49.2) | 0.129 | | Male gender | 68 (44.2) | 195 (54.2) | 263 (51.2) | 0.047 | | Medical history | | Cancer | 5 (3.2) | 17 (4.7) | 22 (4.3) | 0.604 | | HIV | 8 (5.2) | 38 (10.6) | 46 (8.9) | 0.075 | | Diabetes | 24 (15.6) | 63 (17.5) | 87 (16.9) | 0.688 | | Hypertension | 22 (14.3) | 78 (21.7) | 100 (19.5) | 0.070 | | Origin of patients | | Emergency ward | 69 (44.8) | 209 (58.1) | 278 (54.1) | <0.001 | | Surgical ward | 20 (13.0) | 39 (10.8) | 59 (11.5) | 0.242 | | Internal medicine ward | 12 (7.8) | 43 (11.9) | 55 (10.7) | 0.081 | | Maternity ward | 31 (20.1) | 13 (3.6) | 44 (8.6) | <0.001 | | Operating theatre | 12 (7.8) | 31 (8.6) | 43 (8.4) | 0.388 | | Mixed wards | 4 (2.6) | 18 (5.0) | 22 (4.3) | 0.112 | | Direct entry | 4 (2.6) | 7 (1.9) | 11 (2.1) | 0.318 | | Reasons for transfer | | Coma | 97 (63.0) | 318 (88.3) | 431 (83.9) | <0.001 | | Respiratory distress | 79 (51.3) | 189 (52.5) | 268 (52.1) | 0.878 | | Severe sepsis | 58 (37.7) | 161 (44.7) | 219 (42.6) | 0.112 | | Hemodynamic instability | 18 (11.7) | 76 (21.1) | 94 (18.3) | 0.012 | | Postoperative monitoring | 40 (26.0) | 53 (14.7) | 93 (18.1) | 0.003 | | Convulsions/agitations | 29 (18.8) | 53 (14.7) | 82 (16.0) | 0.307 | | Diagnosis | | Severe sepsis excluding pneumonia | 52 (33.8) | 145 (40.7) | 197 (38.6) | 0.113 | | Respiratory disorders | 36 (23.4) | 105 (29.2) | 141 (27.4) | 0.190 | | Metabolic disorders | 37 (24.0) | 86 (23.9) | 123 (23.9) | 0.484 | | Cerebrovascular accident | 12 (7.8) | 59 (16.6) | 71 (13.9) | 0.014 | | Severe head injury | 20 (13.0) | 50 (13.9) | 70 (13.6) | 0.398 | | Meningitis/meningoencephalitis | 11 (7.1) | 46 (12.8) | 57 (11.1) | 0.061 | | Coagulation disorders | 4 (2.6) | 26 (7.2) | 30 (5.8) | 0.017 | | Pre-eclampsia/eclampsia | 24 (15.6) | 3 (0.8) | 27 (5.3) | <0.001 | | Malignant disorders | 5 (3.2) | 22 (6.1) | 27 (5.3) | 0.092 | | Gastrointestinal bleeding | 7 (4.5) | 17 (4.7) | 24 (4.7) | 0.235 | | Outcomes | | Transfusion received | 48 (31.2) | 80 (22.2) | 128 (24.9) | 0.043 | | Hospitalisation >3 days | 105 (68.2) | 112 (31.1) | 217 (42.2) | <0.001 | | Median duration of hospitalisation in days (SD) | 5.0 (3.0–7.0) | 2.0 (1.0–4.0) | 3.0 (2.0–5.0) | <0.001 |
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Bold values represent variables with statistical significance p < 0.05.
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