{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["36(1)"],"submitter":["Milan AO"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>Botswana is an economically stable middle-income country with a developing health system and a large HIV and infectious disease burden. Princess Marina Hospital (PMH) is the largest referral and teaching hospital with a mixed eight-bed intensive care unit (ICU).<h4>Objectives</h4>To conduct an audit of PMH ICU in order to investigate major admission categories and quantify morbidity and mortality figures using a validated scoring system for quality improvement, education and planning purposes.<h4>Methods</h4>PMH medical records and laboratory data were accessed to record demographics, referral patterns, diagnoses, HIV status, Acute Physiologic Assessment and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) II scores and mortality rates.<h4>Results</h4>A total of 182 patients >14 years"],"journal":["The Southern African journal of critical care : the official journal of the Critical Care Society"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC10208596"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Results from the first audit of an intensive care unit in Botswana."],"pmcid":["PMC10208596"],"pubmed_authors":["Molebatsi K","Milan AO","Cox M"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Results from the first audit of an intensive care unit in Botswana.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>Botswana is an economically stable middle-income country with a developing health system and a large HIV and infectious disease burden. Princess Marina Hospital (PMH) is the largest referral and teaching hospital with a mixed eight-bed intensive care unit (ICU).<h4>Objectives</h4>To conduct an audit of PMH ICU in order to investigate major admission categories and quantify morbidity and mortality figures using a validated scoring system for quality improvement, education and planning purposes.<h4>Methods</h4>PMH medical records and laboratory data were accessed to record demographics, referral patterns, diagnoses, HIV status, Acute Physiologic Assessment and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) II scores and mortality rates.<h4>Results</h4>A total of 182 patients >14 years","dates":{"release":"2020-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2020","modification":"2025-04-19T06:22:13.666Z","creation":"2025-04-19T06:22:13.666Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC10208596","cross_references":{"pubmed":["37234946"],"doi":["10.7196/SAJCC.2020.v36i1.395"]}}