Research Article

Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Surgical Patients with Intensive Care Unit Lengths of Stay of 90 Days and Greater

Table 3

Characteristics of the 19 surgical patients with intensive care unit lengths of stay of 90 days and greater.

Patient Type of hospital admissionCardinal diagnosisType of ICU admissionICU DaysHospital stay days Ventilation (hours)Need for tracheotomy Need of dialysisNumber of reoperations Patient statusPatient survival (days)Death in ICUCause of death

1Elective preoperative admissionPancreatic CancerElective postoperative admission167,632571656YesNo23Dead176NoAbdominal sepsis
2Emergency admissionPerforation of duodenal ulcerElective postoperative admission157,79282179NoNo41Dead281YesPulmonary sepsis
3Elective preoperative admissionBladder bleeding after kidney/pancreas transplantationEmergency, peritonitis after conversion into enteric drainage149,71182321NoYes12Dead589NoPulmonary sepsis
4Elective preoperative admissionCholedochus CystEmergency, pancreatitis135,881400NoNo8Living1007No
5EmergencyAcute pancreatitisEmergency, abdominal compartment134,631381220YesYes10Dead135YesAbdominal sepsis
6Elective preoperative admissionStoma reversal after Hartmann operationEmergency, anastomotic Leak129,671362594YesYes24Dead130YesAbdominal sepsis
7Elective preoperative admissionPancreatic cancerEmergency, bleeding122,88136634YesYes13Dead134YesCerebral edema
8EmergencyIleus after loop ileostomyEmergency, ileus120,88157563YesNo16Living3750No
9Elective preoperative admissionEsophageal cancerElective postoperative admission1171212518YesNo7Dead118YesAbdominal sepsis
10EmergencyBleeding of duodenal ulcerEmergency, peritonitis114,96118588NoNo13Dead115YesAbdominal sepsis
11Elective preoperative admissionKlatskin TumorElective postoperative admission114,131500NoNo1Dead507NoProgress neoplastic disease
12Elective preoperative admissionTracheoesophageal FistulaElective postoperative admission105,3317762NoNo1Dead162YesPulmonary Sepsis
13EmergencyPeritonitis due to anastomotic leak after resection of colonEmergency, anastomotic Leak96,0497862YesYes11Dead96YesAbdominal sepsis
14EmergencyNecrotizing pancreatitisEmergency, pancreatitis95,83118498YesYes3Living2865No
15EmergencyAnastomotic Leak after resection of colonElective postoperative admission93,3814316NoNo8Dead141YesPulmonary sepsis
16Elective preoperative admissionOvarian cancerEmergency, ileus93,13130279NoNo22Dead148NoProgress neoplastic disease
17Elective preoperative admissionEsophageal cancerElective postoperative admission91,54991660YesNo5Living2055No
18Elective preoperative admissionEsophageal cancerElective postoperative admission91,21124227NoNo5Living210No
19EmergencyAcute pancreatitisEmergency, pancreatitis90,21912003NoYes8Dead90YesPulmonary embolism