Outcomes of neurosurgical admissions in Intensive Care Unit at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital
Loading...
Date
2021-10-28
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Kamuzu Univerisyt of Health Studies
Abstract
Type of research. This will be a retrospective cross sectional study
28-Oct-2021
11
Problem. There has been an increase in the number and complexity of neurosurgical cases being done since the introduction of the neurosurgical unit. A lot more neurosurgical cases are being admitted in the main ICU of QECH. While the profile of patients admitted in other ICUs across the world and their mortality rate exist, such information is not available for QECH. We plan to find out the type and number neurosurgical cases that are usually admitted in the ICU, their outcome and factors that may lead to mortality in the unit.
Methodology. We will look at a representative sample of the neurosurgical cases that were admitted to the ICU. We have calculated that we should look at 43 cases out of the 48 cases that were admitted to the ICU between 1 January 2019 and 31 December 2019. We shall extract data from various sources from the ICU and from the ward the surgical wards. Data of interested will be captured on a case report form. The data which will be captured will include; patient demographics and various admission parameters, including variables that may be associated with mortality. We will then describe the profile of patients that are admitted to the ICU, calculate the ICU mortality rate and find out if there are any factors that are associated with mortality.
EXPECTED FINDINGS AND THEIR DISSEMINATION. We expect to find a high mortality of the cases compared to dedicated intensive care units since this unit is not a dedicated neuro intensive care unit, the lack of clinical staff expertise, drugs and equipment may compromise ICU care, leading to a high mortality. The results will be presented to the ICU team. We will also share our findings with the hospital management and CoMREC.
Description
Keywords
Research Subject Categories::MEDICINE