Characteristics and outcomes of trauma patients with ICU lengths of stay 30 days and greater: a seven-year retrospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Prolonged intensive care unit lengths of stay (ICU LOS) for critical illness can have acceptable mortality rates and quality of life despite significant costs. Only a few studies have specifically addressed prolonged ICU LOS after trauma. Our goals were to examine characteristics and outcomes of trauma patients with LOS >or= 30 days, predictors of prolonged stay and mortality.

Methods

All trauma ICU admissions over a seven-year period in a level 1 trauma center were analyzed. Admission characteristics, pre-existing conditions and acquired complications in the ICU were recorded. Logistic regression was used to identify independent predictors of prolonged LOS and predictors of mortality among those with prolonged LOS after univariate analyses.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Ong AW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2784377 | biostudies-literature | 2009

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature