Clinical Outcome and Prognosis of Patients Admitted to the Surgical ICU after Abdomen Surgery.
10.4266/kjccm.2015.30.1.1
- Author:
Yun Su SIM
;
Jin Hwa LEE
;
Jung Hyun CHANG
;
Yon Ju RYU
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
body mass index;
intensive care units;
postoperative complications;
surgery
- MeSH:
Abdomen*;
Body Mass Index;
Humans;
Critical Care;
Intensive Care Units;
Length of Stay;
Mortality;
Postoperative Complications;
Prognosis*;
Respiration, Artificial;
Retrospective Studies;
Serum Albumin;
Ventilation
- From:Korean Journal of Critical Care Medicine
2015;30(1):1-7
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
BACKGROUND: Postoperative admission to the surgical intensive care unit (S-ICU) is commonly planned to prevent and treat complications, unnecessary admission to the S-ICU increases medical costs and length of hospital stay. This study aimed evaluated outcome and the predictive factors for mortality in patients admitted to the S-ICU after abdominal surgery. METHODS: The 168 patients admitted to the S-ICU immediately after abdominal surgery were reviewed retrospectively from January to December 2011. RESULTS: The mortality rate of patients admitted to the S-ICU after abdominal surgery was 8.9% (15 of 168). Two preoperative factors (body mass index [BMI] < 18.5 kg/m2 [p < 0.001] and serum albumin < 3.0 g/dL [p = 0.018]), two operative factors (the need for transfusion [p = 0.008] or vasopressors [p = 0.013] during surgery), and three postoperative variables (mechanical ventilation immediately following surgery [p < 0.001], sequential organ failure assessment [p = 0.001] and SAPS II [p = 0.001] score) were associated with mortality in univariate analysis. After adjusting for age, gender, and SAPS II by a Cox regression, which revealed that BMI < 18.5 kg/m2 (p < 0.001, hazard ratio [HR] 9.690, 95% confidence interval [CI] 2.990-25.258) and the use of mechanical ventilation on admission to S-ICU (p < 0.001, HR 34.671, 95% CI 6.440-186.649) were independent prognostic factors. CONCLUSIONS: In patients in S-ICU after abdominal surgery, low BMI and postsurgical mechanical ventilation should be considered important predictors of mortality.
