Mortality Trends Across Key Diagnostic Groups in Australian and New Zealand ICUs Over the Past 30 Years.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The Australia and New Zealand Intensive Care Society (ANZICS) Adult Patient Database (APD) has been operational for 3 decades. It is important to understand how mortality outcomes have changed across diagnostic groups over time to facilitate the planning of future healthcare resources. We evaluated the trends in risk-adjusted mortality for ICU patients over the last 30 years.

Design

A retrospective cohort study.

Setting

All ICUs in Australia and New Zealand that contributed data to the ANZICS APD from January 1993 to December 2022.

Patients

Adult patients (≥ 16 yr) admitted to Australian and New Zealand ICUs.

Interventions

None.

Measurements and main results

The final cohort included 2,838,654 patients from 209 ICUs. Compared with the f

SUBMITTER: Pilowsky JK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12577652 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature