Intoxications in Intensive Care: Cost and Bed Occupancy According to Glasgow Coma Scale

SAYLAN S., Sengu B., Akcali G. E., Tuna V. D., ERTÜRK E.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF INTENSIVE CARE-TURK YOGUN BAKIM DERGISI, cilt.16, sa.3, ss.88-93, 2018 (ESCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 16 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2018
  • Doi Numarası: 10.4274/tybd.27247
  • Dergi Adı: TURKISH JOURNAL OF INTENSIVE CARE-TURK YOGUN BAKIM DERGISI
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.88-93
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Intensive care unit, intoxication, Glasgow Coma scale, cost, bed occupancy, ACUTE POISONINGS
  • Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Objective: Intensive care units (ICU) are the units in which critical patient care and follow-up are conducted. About 3.7-40% of ICU beds are used for intoxications. In ICU, intoxications may be mortal or can be discharged only by observation without any complication. The necessity of hospitalization of all these patients to the ICU is controversial in terms of bed occupancy and cost. In our study, it was aimed to determine the necessity and cost of hospitalization of ICU patients who were admitted to ICU with diagnosis of intoxication.