Searle J F
Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 1985 May;67(3):187-9.
In the five years 1979-1983, 486 patients were treated by mechanical ventilation in the Intensive Care Unit of a District General Hospital. Of these 43.6% died in the Unit and a further 8.9% died after discharge to the general wards. Sepsis was a major complication in 28% of patients. Renal failure was almost always a fatal complication. Of patients who had a cardiac arrest 80% died. At the end of one year 17.2% of patients had returned to their previously normal life.
在1979年至1983年的五年间，一家地区综合医院的重症监护病房对486名患者进行了机械通气治疗。其中，43.6%的患者在该病房死亡，另有8.9%的患者在转至普通病房后死亡。28%的患者出现严重感染这一主要并发症。肾衰竭几乎总是一种致命并发症。心脏骤停的患者中80%死亡。一年后，17.2%的患者恢复了之前的正常生活。
