Mehmet YARDIMSEVER, Serdar AKÇA, Hasan ÜSTÜN, Hakan BOZCUK, Fevzi ERSOY, M. Kemal BALCI

Akdeniz Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi dahili yoğun bakım ünitesi' nde iki yıllık deneyim

Yoğun bakım üniteleri tıp uygulamasında giderek genişleyen bir yer almaktadır. Bu çalışmada iki yıllık süre boyunca Akdeniz Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Dahili Yoğun Bakım (DYB) ünitesine yatan hastaların özellikleri, yatış süreleri ve maliyetleri irdelenerek gelecekteki ihtiyaçların tespiti ve gereken çözümlerin üretilmesi amaçlanmıştır. DYB ünitesine iki yıl boyunca yasları 14 ile 92 arasında değişen, %60'ı erkek, %40'ı kadın 662 hasta yatısı yapılmıştır. Hastaların %33'ü eksitus olurken, %24'ü servise çıkmış ve %43'ü ise doğrudan taburcu edilmiştir. Tüm hastaların medyan yatış süresi 5 gün, bu süredeki medyan maliyetleri 976 Amerikan Doları olarak hesaplanmıştır.

Two years experience in medical intensive care unit in Akdeniz University Faculty of Medicine

Two Years Experience in Medical Intensive Care Unit in Akdeniz University Faculty of Medicine The importance of intensive care units (ICU) in medical practice is continously increasing. This study is planned to determine the characteristics, ages and costs of patients who are hospitalized in medical intensive care unit (MICU) of Akdeniz University Faculty of Medicine in two years period, and to make plans about future needs. During two years 662 patients, whose ages were ranging betwwen 14-92, 60% male, 40% female were hospitalized. Thirty three per cent of these patients were died in MICU, 24% gone to the wards, 43% were discharged directly from MICU. The median stay in MICU was 5 days and the median cost was976US$.

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