Add to ORKGBackground: The spectrum of illness and long-term outcome of critically ill patients admitted to intensive care units (ICUs) in South Africa remains largely unknown.Objectives: This study was designed to provide data on ICU outcomes and disease burden in public sector ICUs in KwaZulu- Natal. The primary objective was to describe 30-day mortality of all patients admitted to participating sites. Secondary objectives included clinical demographics and spectrum of illness amongst these patients, and testing a template to demonstrate feasibilityof such data collection.Methods: 30DOS was a multicentre, prospective, observational cohort study conducted over 30 days. An a priori decision was made to report study results separately for adults and pa...
Introduction: Despite the implementation of complex interventions, ICU mortality remains high and mo...
Background: Non-cardiac surgical morbidity and mortality is a major global public health burden. Dat...
A research report submitted to the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, in ...
Background: The spectrum of illness and long-term outcome of critically ill patients admitted to int...
Background. Appropriate critical care admissions are an important component of surgical care. Howeve...
BACKGROUND. Although mortality is the primary measure of critical care outcome, the health-related q...
CITATION: Skinner, D. L., et al. 2017. Critical care admission of South African (SA) surgical patien...
BACKGROUND. The post-ICU syndrome (PICS) comprises unexpected impairments in physical, cognitive, an...
Background: Critically ill patients are a significant source of morbidity and mortality in hospitals...
Background: Triage aims to detect critically ill patients and to prioritise those with time-sensitiv...
INTRODUCTION: Due to advances in critical care medicine, more patients survive their critical illnes...
Introduction: At the core of the district health system is the emergency centre, for many the entry ...
Background: An intensive care unit (ICU) is a place where critically ill patients are managed using ...
Background: Major trauma has been reported to be a major cause of hospitalization and intensive care...
Rationale: Use of death as an outcome of intensive care unit (ICU) admission may be biased by differ...
Introduction: Despite the implementation of complex interventions, ICU mortality remains high and mo...
Background: Non-cardiac surgical morbidity and mortality is a major global public health burden. Dat...
A research report submitted to the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, in ...
Background: The spectrum of illness and long-term outcome of critically ill patients admitted to int...
Background. Appropriate critical care admissions are an important component of surgical care. Howeve...
BACKGROUND. Although mortality is the primary measure of critical care outcome, the health-related q...
CITATION: Skinner, D. L., et al. 2017. Critical care admission of South African (SA) surgical patien...
BACKGROUND. The post-ICU syndrome (PICS) comprises unexpected impairments in physical, cognitive, an...
Background: Critically ill patients are a significant source of morbidity and mortality in hospitals...
Background: Triage aims to detect critically ill patients and to prioritise those with time-sensitiv...
INTRODUCTION: Due to advances in critical care medicine, more patients survive their critical illnes...
Introduction: At the core of the district health system is the emergency centre, for many the entry ...
Background: An intensive care unit (ICU) is a place where critically ill patients are managed using ...
Background: Major trauma has been reported to be a major cause of hospitalization and intensive care...
Rationale: Use of death as an outcome of intensive care unit (ICU) admission may be biased by differ...
Introduction: Despite the implementation of complex interventions, ICU mortality remains high and mo...
Background: Non-cardiac surgical morbidity and mortality is a major global public health burden. Dat...
A research report submitted to the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, in ...