Key result
Over a 20-year period, mortality in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit significantly decreased from 9.5% in 2003 to 2.8% in 2023, alongside a reduction in median length of stay.
Why the study?
The study was conducted to determine 20-year trends in demographic characteristics, diagnoses, risk factors, admissions, CICU and hospital stay, therapeutic agents and procedures, and outcomes including mortality.
Observational (n=304)
No
Absolute Event Rate: 2.8% vs 9.5%
p-value: p=<0.01
Goal: Determination of 20-year trends in demographic characteristics, frequencies of main and other diagnoses, risk factors, type and number of admissions, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) and hospital stay, employed therapeutic agents and procedures, as well as outcomes including mortality.
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Babić et al. (2023) conducted an observational in Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) hospitalization (n=304). Time period (2003 to 2023) vs. March 2003 was evaluated on Mortality (p=<0.01). Over a 20-year period, mortality in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit significantly decreased from 9.5% in 2003 to 2.8% in 2023, alongside a reduction in median length of stay.
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