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Profile Criteria and Clinical Outcomes of Critically Ill Patients Admitted to General Intensive Care Unit at Assuit University Hospital.

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Health outcomes are the main measure of critical care practice. Mortality during ICU stay has been most frequently used effects in clinical practice. So this study aims to assess profile criteria for patient admitted to general intensive care unit and to describe their outcomes. A descriptive research design was once used. Setting: study was carried out at General Intensive Care Unit at Assuit University Hospital, A convenience sample of all adult critically ill patients over a period of 12 months. Two main tools used, tool I: patient profile characteristic's sheet, Tool II: clinical outcomes assessment tool: Main results: of 302 patients were admitted to General ICU, there were 55.6% males and 44.4% females. Age group from 50- 65 years account for 52.3% of total admission, the study showed that trauma cases account for 21.9% of all admission and it was the same as respiratory cause while the lowest was from Gynecological & obstetric, drowning and Hematological Disease 0.7%. Mortality rate was 52.3%.Conclusion: Majority of the studied patients at general intensive care unit were at a high risk of mortality with total mortality rate of 52.3 % more than half of death patients were aged from 50 -65 years and males. Recommendations: - Future identical studies should be carried to disclose standards for intensive care admissions

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10.21608/asnj.2018.58914

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clinical outcomes, Profile & Critically ill Patients

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Sanaa

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Mohamed

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Saber

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Critical Care Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Sohage University, Egypt

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Warda

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Mohammed

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Youssef

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Professor of Critical Care & Emergency Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Cairo University, Egypt.

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Alaa

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Ahmed

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Mohamed

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Professor in Anesthia & ICU Department, Faculty of Medicine, Assuit University, Egypt

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Mogedda

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Mehany

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Mohamed

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Assist Professor of Critical Care Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Assuit University, Egypt.

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6

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13

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8969

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2018-04-01

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2019-11-14

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2018-04-01

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55

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66

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2314-8845

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2682-3799

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Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal

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Profile Criteria and Clinical Outcomes of Critically Ill Patients Admitted to General Intensive Care Unit at Assuit University Hospital.

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22 Jan 2023