Geriatrics intensive care unit: Outcome and risk factors for in hospital mortality

作     者：Salma M. S. El Said 

作者机构：Geriatrics and Gerontology Department Faculty of Medicine Ain Shams University Cairo Egypt 

出 版 物：《Advances in Aging Research》 (老年问题研究（英文）)

年 卷 期：2013年第2卷第4期

页      面：166-169页

学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100201[医学-内科学(含：心血管病、血液病、呼吸系病、消化系病、内分泌与代谢病、肾病、风湿病、传染病)] 10[医学] 

主　　题：APATCHE II Score Geriatrics ICU Hyponatremia 

摘      要：OBJECTIVES: To evaluate outcome and risk factors, particularly the (APATCHE II) score in elderly patients after admission to a geriatrics intensive care unit (ICU). Methods: A cross sectional study of patients ≥ 60 years admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) of the Geriatrics department at Ain Shams University Hospital over 2 years period. We recorded age, sex, previous medical history, primary diagnosis, date of admission and discharge or death and APACHE II score on admission. Results: 202 patients admitted to the ICU were studied. The mean ICU mortality rates for these patients were (32, 5%), the mean APATCHE II score was (19.07). 27.3% of patients who died had hypokalemia and 43.2% had hyponatremia. Conclusion: ICU mortality rate are higher in elderly patients particularly with long ICU stay and hyponatremia.