Characterization of the patient with a history of chronic alcoholism in the intensive care unit
Objective: Characterization of alcoholic patients with admitted at the Intensive Care Unit. Method: A descriptive and retrospective study. The final sample was 123 patients. The statistical methods for the study included absolute and relative frequency distributions, central tendency measures, C...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Spanish |
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ECIMED
2020-08-01
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| Series: | Revista Cubana de Medicina Militar |
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| Online Access: | http://www.revmedmilitar.sld.cu/index.php/mil/article/view/532 |
| Summary: | Objective: Characterization of alcoholic patients with admitted at the Intensive Care Unit.
Method: A descriptive and retrospective study. The final sample was 123 patients. The statistical methods for the study included absolute and relative frequency distributions, central tendency measures, Chi-square and Student´s t tests.
Results: Average age was of 58, 5 ± 12,4 years old. The 40-59 (48, 8 %) prevailed as well as Males (92, 7 %). The proportion of male/female sex was of 12, 7:1, 0. More than half of the patients died (56, 1 %). The media age of this group was lightly high to that of the alive discharged patients (60,0 vs 56,6 years old). The clinic admittance cause was most frequent (67, 5 %). The mean of APACHE II value was 18, 1 and it was higher in the diseased than in the survivors (22, 0 vs 13, 1). Most patients ventilated (71, 5 %). The main stay was 6, 9 days, more extended in the dead (8, 1 vs 5, 4). The main causes of death were bacterial bronchopneumonia (28, 6 %).
Conclusion: Patients with antecedent of alcoholism have high mortality. |
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| ISSN: | 1561-3046 1561-3046 |