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. 2021 Apr 17;65:102318. doi: 10.1016/j.amsu.2021.102318

Table 2.

Prevalence of comorbidities, Intervention, complication, and outcomes of patients admitted to Teaching Referral Hospitals’ ICUs in Southern Ethiopia, June 2018 to May 2020.

Characteristics All admissions (n = 517) survivors (n = 275) Non-survivors (n = 242) P-value
Comorbidities, n (%)
Cardiovascular disease
Respiratory disease
Renal disease
Infectious disease
Neurological disease
Endocrine disease
Gastrointestinal
Hematological disease
Rheumatic disease
Others 		183(35.4)
153(29.6)
31(6.0)
59(11.4)
133(25.7)
29(5.6)
35(6.8)
27(5.2)
5(1.0)
30(5.8)		 97(53.0)
79(51.6)
15(48.4)
25(42.4)
77(57.9)
15(51.7)
16(45.7)
14(51.9)
3(60.0)
15(50.0)		 86(47.0)
74(48.4)
16(51.6)
34(57.6)
56(42.1)
14(48.3)
19(54.3)
13(48.1)
2(40.0)
15(50.0)		 >0.05
Intervention
Mechanical Ventilation
Inotropes
Vasopressors
Fluid
Blood Transfusion
Feeding
Surgery
GIT prophylaxis
Antibiotics others 		278(53.8)
185(35.8)
274(53.0)
236(45.6)
20(3.9)
78(15.1)
9(1.7)
35(6.8)
324(62.7)
248(48.0)		 91(32.7)
86(46.5)
145(52.9)
123(25.1)
8(40.0)
38(48.7)
5(55.6)
16(45.7)
142(43.8)
139(56.0)		 187(67.3)
99(53.5)
129(47.1)
113(47.9)
12(60.0)
40(51.3)
4(44.4)
19(54.3)
51(56.2)
109(44.0)		 <0.0001**
0.027*
>0.05
>0.05
>0.05
>0.05
>0.05
>0.05
<0.05*
<0.0001**
Complications
Cardiac arrest
Anemia
Arrhythmia
Infection
Hypotension
Hypertension
Aspiration 		125()24.2)
177(34.2)
43(8.3)
99(19.1)
332(64.2)
94(18.2)
15(2.9)		 23(18.4)
93(52.5)
24(55.8)
44(44.4)
176(53.0)
54(57.4)
4(26.7)		 102(81.6)
84(47.5)
19(44.2)
55(55.6)
156(47.0)
40(42.6)
11(73.3)		 <0.0001**
>0.05
>0.05
0.034*
>0.05
>0.05
0.033*

Note: ** very significant; *significant; ARDS: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome; PSO2: percutaneous oxygen saturation.