Disease pattern and mortality rate among patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit in Arbaminch General Hospital, Southern Ethiopia

Abstract

Background: Disease patterns in intensive care Unit is differ from place to place. Cardiac disease, septic shock, trauma, and acute abdomen are the common causes of admission. The mortality rate in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) was higher than that in the other hospital units. Our aim was to assess the common admission diagnosis and mortality rate among Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients in the Arbaminch General Hospital. Methods: A retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted based on a review of the records and charts of patients admitted from January 1, 2019, to January 1, 2021. Descriptive statistics were also calculated. An independent variable effect on the mortality rate was observed. Result: The most common admission diagnoses were cardiac and other medical diseases, septic shock and ARDS followed by acute abdomen and other surgical diseases. The overall mortality rate was 40.7%. On multivariate logistic regression analysis, no significant mortality rate affecting factors were identified. Conclusion: Cardiac and other medical diseases were the most common admissions diagnoses, with an overall mortality rate of 40.7%. No significant association was found between the mortality rate and independent variables in the multivariate logistic regression.