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1.The influence of impression trays on the accuracy of the stone casts poured from complete: Arch impressions.

Su In RYU ; Ik Tae CHANG ; Kwang Nam KIM

The Journal of Korean Academy of Prosthodontics 1992;30(1):1-14

2.Serum lipids and apolipoproteins in subclinical and overt hypothyro- idism and their changes with thyroxine therapy.

Young Kee SHONG ; Jin Sook RYU ; Ki Up LEE ; Ghi Su KIM ; Munho LEE

Journal of Korean Society of Endocrinology 1992;7(1):31-38

8.Clinical Outcome and Prognosis of Patients Admitted to the Surgical ICU after Abdomen Surgery.

Yun Su SIM ; Jin Hwa LEE ; Jung Hyun CHANG ; Yon Ju RYU

Korean Journal of Critical Care Medicine 2015;30(1):1-7

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.
Abdomen* ; Body Mass Index ; Humans ; Critical Care ; Intensive Care Units ; Length of Stay ; Mortality ; Postoperative Complications ; Prognosis* ; Respiration, Artificial ; Retrospective Studies ; Serum Albumin ; Ventilation