Characteristics and Clinical Outcome of Patients Treated in the Respiratory ICU of Abbassia Chest Hospital

Abstract

Intensive care has been shown to benefit patients who are severely ill and medically unstable that is, they have a potentially life threatening disease or disorder. Abbassia Chest Hospital RICU has been opened up in 1997 and serves nearly 600 cases every year. Admission to the RICU is based upon the nature and severity of the patient's acute medical illness, their need for ICU intervention(s) or monitoring, and the likelihood that such interventions and ICU management will improve outcome. The aim of this work was to study characteristics and clinical outcome of patients admitted to the respiratory ICU of Abbassia Chest Hospital.