Size M, Borgstein E S, Haisma H J
Department of Anaesthesia, College of Medicine, University of Malawi.
Malawi Med J. 2005 Jun;17(1):12-4. doi: 10.4314/mmj.v17i1.10863.
The intensive care unit at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) has 4 beds and offers level 2 care. A retrospective audit of all admissions to the unit during 2002 was carried out. There were a total of 339 admissions giving a bed occupancy rate of 82 %. Surgical patients made up 81 % of admissions. 45% of all admissions were ventilated. Overall mortality was 38%. Ventilated patients had a mortality of 71% compared with 10% for non-ventilated. Data are also presented for mortality within the surgical and paediatric surgical admissions.
伊丽莎白女王中央医院(QECH)的重症监护病房有4张床位,提供二级护理。对2002年该病房所有入院病例进行了回顾性审计。该年共有339例入院病例,床位占用率为82%。外科患者占入院病例的81%。所有入院病例中有45%需要通气。总体死亡率为38%。通气患者的死亡率为71%,而非通气患者的死亡率为10%。文中还给出了外科和小儿外科入院病例的死亡率数据。