Prevalence and prognosis of acutely ill patients with organ failure at arrival to hospital: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Patients in an emergency department are diverse. Some are more seriously ill than others and some even arrive in multi-organ failure. Knowledge of the prevalence of organ failure and its prognosis in unselected patients is important from a diagnostic, hospital planning, and from a quality evaluation point of view, but is not reported systematically.

Objectives

To analyse the prevalence and prognosis of new onset organ failure in unselected acute patients at arrival to hospital.

Methods

A systematic review of studies of prevalence and prognosis of acutely ill patients with organ failure at arrival to hospital. We searched PubMed, Cochrane Library, Embase and Cinahl, and read references in included studies. Two authors decided independently on study eligibi

SUBMITTER: Pedersen PB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6211733 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature