Figure - uploaded by Pragya Acharya
Content may be subject to copyright.
Source publication
Introduction
An Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is an area where critically ill patients are admitted and the highest level of
care is provided with close intensive monitoring and management. Clinical audit is a must to measure
indicators of the quality of care in ICU and benchmarking outcome. The main aim of the study was to
evaluate the profile of pati...
Context in source publication
Context 1
... total 968 patients (501 in 2075 and 467 in 2076 BS.) required mechanical ventilation (66.9%). The The average length of stay (days) in mechanical ventilation (MV) was 4.1 and 3.5 respectively in the year 2075 and 2076 B.S. The average length of mechanical ventilation has improved owing to the improved practice of sedation vacation and weaning trials ( Table 1). ...Similar publications
Background
The disease caused by SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, has caused a global public health crisis. Reported mortality rates across the world vary by region, local population characteristics and healthcare systems. There is a paucity of data on COVID-19 in low and middle income countries (LMICs). Our objective is to describe the clinical characteristi...