The magnitude of mortality and its determinants in Ethiopian adult intensive care units: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Despite mortality in intensive care units being a global burden, it is higher in low-resource countries, including Ethiopia. A sufficient number of evidence is not yet established regarding mortality in the intensive care unit and its determinants. This study intended to determine the prevalence of ICU mortality and its determinants in Ethiopia.

Methods

PubMed, Google Scholar, The Cochrane Library, HINARI, and African Journals Online (AJOL) databases were systematically explored for potentially eligible studies on mortality prevalence and determinants reported by studies done in Ethiopia. Using a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, two reviewers independently screen, select, review, and extract data for further analysis using STATA/MP version 17. A meta-analysis using

SUBMITTER: Endeshaw AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9793120 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature