Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: Ethics review: Long-term outcomes and clinical predictors of hospital mortality in very long stay intensive care unit patients: a cohort study. | Available online http content 10 2 R59 Research Long-term outcomes and clinical predictors of hospital mortality in very long stay intensive care unit patients a cohort study Jan O Friedrich1 2 3 Gail Wilson1 and Clarence Chant1 4 Open Access Critical Care Department St. Michael s Hospital University of Toronto Toronto Canada 2Department of Medicine St. Michael s Hospital University of Toronto Toronto Canada interdepartmental Division of Critical Care University of Toronto Toronto Canada 4Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy University of Toronto Toronto Canada Corresponding author Jan O Friedrich Received 22 Dec 2005 Revisions requested 17 Feb 2006 Revisions received 9 Mar 2006 Accepted 11 Mar 2006 Published 10 Apr 2006 Critical Care 2006 10 R59 doi cc4888 This article is online at http content 10 2 R59 2006 Friedrich et al. licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Introduction Little information is available on prognosis and outcomes of very long stay intensive care unit ICU patients. The purpose of this study was to identify long-term outcomes after hospital discharge and readily available clinical predictors of hospital mortality for patients requiring prolonged care in the ICU. Method Clinical data were collected from consecutive patients requiring at least 30 days of ICU care admitted over 3 calendar years 2001 to 2003 to a medical surgical ICU in a university-affiliated tertiary care centre. Results A total of 182 patients met the inclusion criteria with a mean age of 63 years median ICU stay of days interquartile range 36-78 days and ICU mortality of 32 . They accounted for 8 of total admissions and 48 of total occupied beds. Of these patients 42
