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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