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: Characteristics and outcomes of trauma patients with ICU lengths of stay 30 days and greater: a seven-year retrospective study. | Available online http content 13 5 R154 Research Characteristics and outcomes of trauma patients with ICU lengths of stay 30 days and greater a seven-year retrospective study Adrian W Ong1 Laurel A Omert2 Diane Vido3 Brian M Goodman1 Jack Protetch1 Aurelio Rodriguez1 and Elan Jeremitsky1 Department of Surgery Allegheny General Hospital 320 East North Avenue Pittsburgh PA 15212 USA 2Northfield Laboratories Inc. 1560 Sherman Avenue Evanston IL 60201 USA department of Cardiology Allegheny General Hospital 320 East North Avenue Pittsburgh PA 15212 USA Corresponding author Adrian W Ong aong@ Received 30 May 2009 Revisions requested 20 Jul 2009 Revisions received 6 Sep 2009 Accepted 24 Sep 2009 Published 24 Sep 2009 Critical Care 2009 13 R154 doi cc8054 This article is online at http content 13 5 R154 2009 Ong 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 20 which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Open Access Abstract Introduction Prolonged intensive care unit lengths of stay ICU LOS for critical illness can have acceptable mortality rates and quality of life despite significant costs. Only a few studies have specifically addressed prolonged ICU LOS after trauma. Our goals were to examine characteristics and outcomes of trauma patients with LOS 30 days predictors of prolonged stay and mortality. Methods All trauma ICU admissions over a seven-year period in a level 1 trauma center were analyzed. Admission characteristics pre-existing conditions and acquired complications in the ICU were recorded. Logistic regression was used to identify independent predictors of prolonged LOS and predictors of mortality among those with prolonged LOS after univariate analyses. Results Of 4920 ICU admissions 205 4 had ICU LOS 30 days. These .
