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Karakteristike i ishodi lijeÄenja uroloÅ”kih bolesnika primljenih u Jedinicu intezivnog lijeÄenja u KliniÄkom bolniÄkom centru Osijek
The postoperative care unit at the Department of Urology has significantly improved
treatment of patients undergoing surgical procedures and reduced admission of urologic patients to the
Intensive Care Unit (ICU). We examined the characteristics of urologic patients, time on mechanical
ventilation, most common complications, and mortality in the period from January 2017 to March 2022.
A total of 84 admissions to ICU were recorded, accounting for 1.5% of all patients having undergone
surgical, therapeutic or diagnostic interventions under general or regional anesthesia at the Department
of Urology. The most common reasons for admission to ICU were respiratory failure (79 patients), hemodynamic
instability, and bleeding. The median time on mechanical ventilation was 9.7 [2.4-58.2]
hours in urology patients vs. 6 [3-14.7] hours in the rest of surgical ICU patients (p=0.058). Hypertension
and renal failure were more common in urologic than in the rest of surgical ICU patients (p<0.05).
The overall mortality of urologic patients was lower than in the rest of surgical ICU patients (10.7%
vs. 18.99%, p=0.08) but the difference did not reach statistical significance. Independently of the lower
mortality, improvements in the outcome of urologic patients admitted to the ICU are feasible. Early
identification of patients at risk of infections, postoperative respiratory failure, cardiovascular incidents,
and bleeding may further reduce mortality and improve outcomes.Jedinica za poslijeoperacijsku skrb na Zavodu za urologiju znaÄajno je poboljÅ”ala skrb o operiranim uroloÅ”kim bolesnicima
i smanjila njihov prijam u Jedinicu intenzivnog lijeÄenja (JIL). Ispitali smo karakteristike uroloÅ”kih bolesnika primljenih u
JIL, duljinu mehaniÄke ventilacije, najÄeÅ”Äe komplikacije i smrtnost u razdoblju od sijeÄnja 2017. do ožujka 2022. godine.
Podaci su usporeÄeni s prosjeÄnom populacijom bolesnika primljenih u JIL. Zabilježena su 84 prijma uroloÅ”kih bolesnika
u JIL, Å”to Äini 1,5% svih bolesnika koji su zbog operacija, dijagnostiÄkih ili terapijskih zahvata zahtijevali opÄu, regionalnu
anesteziju ili sedaciju na Zavodu za urologiju. NajÄeÅ”Äi razlog prijma bile su respiracijska insuficijencija, hemodinamska
nestabilnost i krvarenje. Medijan mehaniÄke ventilacije bio je 9,7 [2,4-58,2] sati kod uroloÅ”kih bolesnika, dok je u prosjeÄnoj
populaciji bolesnika primljenih u JIL iznosio 6 [3-14,7] sati (p=0.058). Kod uroloÅ”kih bolesnika ÄeÅ”Äa je bila hipertenzija,
bubrežna insuficijencija kao i kardiopulmonalna reanimacija pri prijmu u JIL (p<0,05). Smrtnost uroloŔkih bolesnika bila
je 10,7%, a u prosjeÄnoj populaciji bolesnika primljenih u JIL je iznosila 18,9% (p=0,08). Rano prepoznavanje bolesnika s
rizikom za nastanak infekcija, poslijeoperacijske respiracijske insuficijencije, kardiovaskularnih incidenata ili krvarenja može
dodatno smanjiti uÄestalost ovih incidenata i poboljÅ”ati ishode lijeÄenja