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Predictors of ICU Mortality among Mechanically Ventilated Patients: An Inception Cohort Study from a Tertiary Care Center in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Table 1 Baseline characteristics of mechanically ventilated patients admitted to the adult intensive care unit of Tikur Anbessa Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from September 2019 to September 2020, displayed against their ICU outcome using the chi-square (X2 ), t -test, and Mann–Whitney U test.
Variables Total (n = 160) Survivors (n = 63) Nonsurvivors (n = 97) valueSex Male Female 75 (46.9) 85 (53.1) 28 (44.4) 35 (56.6) 47 (48.5) 50 (51.5) 0.66 Age years (Mean ± SD) 38.9 ± 16.2 36.4 ± 14.4 yrs 40.5 ± 17.2 yrs 0.123 Source of admission OR Emergency Wards 70 (43.8) 38 (23.8) 48 (30.0) 39 (61.9) 9 (14.3) 13 (20.6) 31 (32.0) 29 (29.9) 35 (36.1) <0.01 Hospital stay before admission, days Median (IQR) 6 (2–14) 10 (5–15) 4 (1–12) 0.01 Place of admission MICU SICU 66 (41.3) 94 (58.7) 10 (18.9) 53 (81.1) 56 (57.7) 41 (42.3) <0.01 MPM II score (Mean ± SD) 39.6 ± 25.5 21.9 ± 14.6 46.5 ± 26.4 <0.01 ICU priority level Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 77 (48.1) 5 (3.1) 47 (29.4) 31 (19.4) 52 (82.5) 2 (3.2) 8 (12.7) 1 (1.6) 25 (25.8) 3 (3.1) 39 (40.7 30 (30.9) <0.01 GCS at ICU admission <8/7T >8/8T/Sedated 35 (21.9) 125 (78.1) 3 (4.8) 60 (95.2) 32 (33.0) 65 (77.0) <0.01 Indication Operative Non-operative 68 (42.5) 92 (57.5) 41 (65.1) 22 (34.9) 27 (29.0) 70 (71.0) <0.01 Admission diagnosis Neurologic Respiratory Cardiovascular Hematologic Renal Gastrointestinal 85 (53.1) 97 (60.6) 57 (35.6) 45 (28.1) 41 (25.6) 25 (15.6) 45 (71.4) 25 (39.7) 7 (11.1) 8 (12.7) 8 (12.7) 6 (9.5) 40 (41.2) 72 (74.2) 50 (51.5) 37 (38.1) 33 (34.0) 19 (19.6) <0.01 Initial mode of ventilation AC/VC SIMV/VC AC/PC Others 87 (56.5) 41 (26.6) 15 (9.7) 11 (7.1) 23 (37.7) 26 (42.6) 4 (6.6) 8 (13.1) 64 (66.0) 15 (15.5) 11 (11.8) 3 (3.3) <0.01 Serum albumin, g/dl (Mean ± SD) 2.5 ± 0.8 3.0 ± 1 2.3 ± 0.6 <0.01 Comorbidity Immunosuppression Hypertension Retroviral infection Congestive heart failure Diabetes 90 (56.3) 32 (20.1) 10 (6.3) 14 (8.8) 10 (6.3) 51 (52.6) 11 (17.5) 2 (3.2) 3 (4.8) 2 (3.2) 39 (61.9) 21 (21.9) 8 (8.2) 11 (11.3) 8 (8.2) 0.59
Process and outcome of care.