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Table 4 Conditions with highest in-ICU mortality

From: Disease patterns and clinical outcomes of patients admitted in intensive care units of tertiary referral hospitals of Tanzania

Conditions with highest in-ICU mortality for all ages

CCS category

As % of all patients N = 5627

Length of ICU stay in days median (Q1,Q3)

In-ICU mortality

Chronic renal failure

23 (0.4%)

2 (1,4)

21 (91.3%)

Acute renal failure

51 (0.9%)

2 (1,3)

45 (88.2%)

Shock

90 (1.6%)

2 (1,5)

78 (86.7%)

Burns

56 (1.0%)

6 (2,9)

48 (85.7%)

Septicaemia (except in labor)

68 (1.2%)

4 (2,12)

55 (80.9%)

Pneumonia (except that caused by TB)

174 (3.1%)

3 (2,5)

130 (74.7%)

Other bacterial infections***

135 (2.4%)

8 (5,13)

96 (71.1%)

Acute but ill-defined cerebrovascular accident

360 (6.4%)

6 (4,11)

247 (68.6%)

Meningitis (except that caused by TB or STD)

140 (2.5%)

4 (3,13)

94 (67.1%)

Acute myocardial infarction

45 (0.8%)

5 (4,9)

27 (60.0%)

Top 5 pediatric (<5 years) conditions with highest in-ICU mortality

CCS category

As % of age group N = 681

Length of ICU stay in days median (Q1,Q3)

In-ICU mortality

Pneumonia (except that caused by TB)

86 (12.6%)

3 (1,10)

70 (81.4%)

Septicaemia (except in labor)

49 (7.2%)

4 (2,12)

39 (79.6%)

Meningitis (except that caused by TB or STD)

65 (9.5%)

5 (3,11)

47 (72.3%)

Infectious and parasitic diseases**

69 (10.1%)

3 (1,9)

48 (69.6%)

Fluid and electrolyte disorders

15 (2.2%)

3 (2,6)

10 (66.7%)

  1. **All were Malaria cases, for which there is no specific CCS category.
  2. ***All were Tetanus cases, for which there is no specific CCS category.