EPidemiology, clinical characteristics and Outcomes of 4546 adult admissions to high-dependency and intensive care units in Kenya (EPOK): a multicentre registry-based observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

to describe clinical, management and outcome features of critically ill patients admitted to intensive care units (ICUs) and high dependency units (HDUs) in Kenya.

Design

prospective registry-based observational study.

Setting

three HDUs and eight ICUs in Kenya.

Patients

consecutive adult patients admitted between January 2021 and June 2022.

Interventions

none.

Measurements and main results

data was entered in a cloud based platform using a common data model. Study endpoints included case mix variables, management features and patient centred outcomes. Patients with Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) were reported separately. Of the 3892/4546 patients without COVID-19, 2445 patients (62.8%) were from HDUs and 1447 (37.2%) from ICUs. Pat

SUBMITTER: Njoki C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7615640 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature