Dissertation

The present study indicated that during 2010 to 2013, 8.1% patients admitted to the ICU of Frankston Hospital, were patients with drug overdose. Therefore, 1/8th of patients admitted in the ICU were of drug overdose. This is quite high, with respect to patients admitted, in the ICU with other diseases. Out of such patients, 7.8% patients had multiple admissions during the three-year period. Hence, it reflected that such patients might have been suffering from chronic physical or psychiatric ailments. The prevalence of ICU admissions varied with respect to gender. 56.57% patients admitted with drug overdose were females and 41.7% were males. Therefore, the incidences of drug overdose in females were...

Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients Admitted with Drug Overdose in an Intensive Care Unit of Metropolitan Australian hospital Results Table 1. Patient Demographics ICU Admissions during study period 3169 OD Admissions (% amongst total admissions) 255 Percentage of ICU admissions during study period with overdose 8.1% No. Patients with Repeat Admissions 18/257 Gender Males=95 Females=129 Transgender=1 Among Multiple Presenters 5 male 13 female Age Mean age (males): 39.3+ 15.4 Mean age (females): 40.6+ 13.8 Mean APACHE-III sore 53.3+ 26 Survival to ICU Discharge Survival to Hospital Discharge 98.1% 97.3% The demographics of the patients indicated that the percentage of drug overdose patients were...