title: [Activities at the polyvalent intensive care unit of the Santo António dos Capuchos Hospital].
abstract: The authors present an audit to a multidisciplinary Intensive Care Unit of a tertiary Hospital (HSAC) over its first year (1/07/1991-30/06/1992). The total study population numbered 282 patients, 52.5% admitted from the emergency room. The mean age was 57.91 +/- 18.16 years. Cardiovascular failure (39%) and respiratory failure (35%) were the main diagnostic categories for admission; 50.7% of the patients needed mechanical ventilation, 44% echocardiogram, 13.5% bronchoscopy and 10.3% hemodynamic evaluation with Swan-Ganz catheter. These are patients with high mean values of severity scoring systems, ICU mortality (27%) and Hospital mortality (37.6%). APACHE II, SAPS I and TISS on day one of admission and maximum value over a 24 hour period of two multiple organ failure systems-MOF and OSF were validated in this population and were good outcome predictors.
authors.affiliation: Hospital de Santo António dos Capuchos, UCIP, Lisboa.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Moreno
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Estrada
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Massa
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016019:Survival Analysis
vernacular_title: Movimento assistencial da unidade de cuidados intensivos polivalente do Hospital de Santo António dos Capuchos.