Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Rural Medical College, Maharashtra, India
Research Article
The Evaluation of Factors Affecting on Patient Admission from Operating Room to Intensive Care Unit in Pravara Rural Hospital, Loni
Author(s): Akshaya N Shetti* and Meenakshi Shivakumar
Introduction: A hospital or other healthcare facility's Intensive Care
Unit (ICU) is a unique division that offers intensive care medicine.
Highly skilled medical professionals and nurses, who specialise in
caring for critically ill patients, work in these facilities. ICUs differ
from ordinary hospital wards by having a larger staff-to-patient ratio
and having access to cutting-edge medical tools and resources that
are not frequently found elsewhere. The selection and admission of
patients should be based on classical indices, especially for patients
who benefit of intensive care, have lower risk of mortality and better
prognosis. On the other hand, the long stay of patients in ICU isn’t
cost-effective and is a barrier for admission of new patient. Hence,
identification of postoperative complications is necessary for
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DOI:
10.37532/23.9.1.001