title: [Intensive medicine in metropolitan areas. Update 1992. Multicenter Italian Group for the Research in Intensive Care (GIRTI II)].
abstract: This report is an epidemiological study concerning the description of intensive care medicine in Italian urban area. 1311 patients were enrolled in 20 ICU during a three months period. Mean admission SAPS resulted 13.5 +/- 0.2 point, ICU stay 7.6 +/- 0.4 days, Hospital stay 21.2 +/- 0.6 days; ICU mortality 24% and hospital mortality 31%. With respect to a previous study (1988), the association between mortality, severity of disease, admission diagnosis (M, SU, TR, SS) and age (particularly with hospital mortality) was confirmed. The study quantify that 18% of the mix case had a ICU length of stay less than 24 h. Thirty per cent of these patients die. Moreover more than one third of the days of hospital stay occurred in ICU with higher figure for COPD, PNM, Mm, CPR, STRK patients. This focuses the need for intermediate care units.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003422:Critical Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D014504:Urban Health
vernacular_title: La medicina intensiva in area metropolitana. Update 1992. Gruppo Italiano Multicentrico di Ricerche in Terapia Intensiva (GIRTI II).