Table 2 Demographic data and mortality of study patients
From: National intensive care unit bed capacity and ICU patient characteristics in a low income country
Variable | |
|---|---|
Age: Mean | 35.52 |
Length of stay in a hospital unit: Median (IQR) | 3 (4-17) |
Sex | n (%) |
Male | 1002 (56.5%) |
Female | 772 (43.5%) |
Origin | n (%) |
Kampala | 989 (55.8) |
Outside of Kampala | 760 (42.9) |
Not recorded | 24 (1.4) |
Nationality | n (%) |
Local | 1646 (92.8) |
Foreigner | 108 (6.1) |
Not recorded | 19 (1.1) |
Mortality by referring unit/specialty | n (%) |
Neurosurgery | 177 (24.8) |
Medical emergency | 273 (38.2) |
Surgical emergency | 54 (7.6) |
Post-operative | 105 (14.7) |
Obstetric | 22 (3.1) |
Paediatric post-operative | 32 (4.5) |
Paediatric medical | 51 (7.1) |
Not recorded | 1 (0.1) |
Mortality by top 4 major working diagnoses | n (%) |
Sepsis | 126 (49.0) |
Head injury | 147 (45.3) |
Acute respiratory distress syndrome/acute lung injury | 89 (41.8) |
HIV/AIDS related | 63 (35.6) |