Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: Intensive care for the adult population in Ireland: a multicentre study of intensive care population demographics. | Available online http content 1 2 5 R121 Research Intensive care for the adult population in Ireland a multicentre study of intensive care population demographics The Irish Critical Care Trials Group 22 Merrion Square North Dublin 2 Ireland Corresponding author The Irish Critical Care Trials Group bmarsh@ Received 25 Mar 2008 Revisions requested 13 May 2008 Revisions received 25 Jun 2008 Accepted 18 Sep 2008 Published 18 Sep 2008 Critical Care 2008 12 R121 doi cc7018 This article is online at http content 12 5 R1 21 2008 Irish Critical Care Trials Group 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. Open Access Abstract Introduction This prospective observational study was conducted to describe the nature of the intensive care population across Ireland identify adherence to international benchmarks of practice and describe patient outcomes in critically ill patients. Methods A prospective observational multicentre study of demographics and organ failure incidence was carried out over a 10-week period in 2006 across the intensive care units ICUs of 14 hospitals in both the Republic and Northern Ireland. Results In total there were 1 029 patient episodes entered across 14 ICUs. Emergency admissions accounted for 70 of episodes. Admissions after major elective surgery accounted for of admissions. The mean length of ICU stay was days with a median of 2 days. Severe sepsis was identified in 35 of patients during their ICU admission. Mechanical ventilation was used in of all patients admitted of whom had acute lung injury. Acute kidney injury occurred in 28 of all patients. Interhospital transfers were undertaken in 85 patients. The overall intensive care mortality .
