Table 4.
Clinical characteristics of patients admitted to adult intensive care units in Brazil in 2007-2020
| Study | Main cause of ICU admission | Surgical profile (%) | ICU stay (days; mean ± standard deviation) | Prognostic indices (mean ± standard deviation) | Mortality in the ICU (%) | Therapeutic interventions (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MV | VAD | Hemodialysis | ||||||
| Acuña et al.(14) | Multiple-organ dysfunction syndrome | 44.3 | 10.2 ± 9.6 | APACHE II (18.4 ± 9.1) | 38.0 | 51.9 | - - | 18.9 |
| Albuquerque et al.(15) | Neurological diseases | 42.0 | 10.7 ± 18.8 | - - | 26.0 | - - | - - | - - |
| Bezerra et al.(16) | Cardiovascular diseases | - - | 5.5 ± 5.6 | - - | 47.8 | 74.3 | - - | - - |
| Castro et al.(17) | Cardiovascular diseases | 37.0 | 7.6 | - - | 31.0 | - - | - - | - - |
| Cruz et al.(18) | Cardiovascular diseases | 34.9 | ≤ 10 | - - | 23.3 | - - | - - | - - |
| El-Fakhouri et al.(19) | Cardiovascular diseases | - - | 8.0 ± 10.7 | - - | 24.3 | - - | - - | - - |
| Favarin et al.(20) | Infectious diseases | 17.0 | 14.0 | - - | 50.0 | - - | - - | - - |
| França et al.(21) | Cardiovascular diseases | - - | 7.6 | - - | 48.0 | - - | - - | - - |
| Freitas et al.(22) | - - | 37.0 | 23.2 ± 23.7 | APACHE II (20 ± 7.3) | 58.2 | - - | - - | - - |
| Galvão et al.(23) | Sepsis | 38.7 | 16* | APACHE II (19) | 32.2 | 10.7 | 7.1 | - - |
| Guia et al.(24) | Respiratory diseases | - - | 13.1 ± 6.1 | APACHE II (1.6 ± 10.6) | 38.6 | 56.6 | 50.8 | - - |
| Marques et al.(25) | Cardiovascular diseases | 44.9 | 10 ± 8 | - - | - - | 16.3 | 11.6 | - - |
| Matias et al.(26) | Cardiovascular diseases | - - | - - | - - | 23.5 | - - | - - | - - |
| Melo et al.(27) | Cardiovascular and respiratory diseases | 25.8 | 11.4 | - - | 35.3 | - - | - - | - - |
| Nascimento et al.(28) | Cardiovascular diseases | 32.0 | 10.6 | - - | 38.0 | - - | - - | - - |
| Nogueira et al.(29) | Cardiovascular diseases | - - | - - | SAPS II (25.5) | 54.1 | - - | - - | - - |
| Nogueira et al.(30) | Cardiovascular diseases | 36.0 | 9.0 | - - | 20.0 | - - | - - | - - |
| Pauletti et al.(31) | Cardiovascular diseases | 32.0 | - - | - - | 16.1 | 32.9 | - - | - - |
| Perão et al.(32) | Cardiovascular diseases | 40.0 | - - | - - | 25.1 | - - | - - | - - |
| Del Painter et al.(33) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Queiroz et al.(34) | Cardiovascular diseases | 10.0 | 3.4 ± 3.7 | - - | 30.2 | - - | - - | - - |
| Rodriguez et al.(35) | Cardiovascular diseases | 52.5 | 6.0 | - - | 20.4 | - - | - - | - - |
| Silva et al.(36) | Neurological diseases | 69.0 | 5.4 | APACHE II (20.9) | 18.3 | - - | - - | - - |
| Silva et al.(37) | Cardiovascular diseases | - - | - - | - - | 29.0 | - - | - - | - - |
| Soares et al.(38) | Cardiovascular diseases | 27.9 | 5 ± 9 | SAPS III (43 ± 15) | 9.6 | 15.2 | 12.8 | 2.8 |
| Sousa et al.(39) | Cardiovascular diseases | 12.6 | - - | - - | 46.5 | - - | - - | - - |
| Vieira et al.(40) | Respiratory diseases | 25.4 | - - | APACHE II (25.8 ± 12.7) | 50.7 | 73.1 | 58.2 | 50.7 |
ICU - intensive care unit; MV - mechanical ventilation; VAD - vasoactive drugs; APACHE II - Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; SAPS - Simplified Acute Physiology Score.
*
Median.