A Research Report To Be Submitted To Jimma University Department Of Emergency And Critical Care Medicine, Faculty Of Medicine, Jimma University For Partial Fulfillment Of Emergency And Critical Care Medicine Speciality Certificate.

Abstract

Background: Critical care practice in Emergency Department of resource limited setting is neglected and mortality is enormous. ED overcrowding, decreased ICU bed availability and increased patient acuity compromised critical care service and posed heavy burden on ED stuff. There is need to know type of patients admitted to EICU, common diagnoses and outcome Objectives: To assess pattern of admission and outcome of patients in Emergency-ICU of ED at Jimma medical center. Methods: Institutional based retrospective cross sectional study was conducted from September 1, 2022 to June 7, 2023. 227 study subjects were included in the study. Data was collected using structured questionnaires by reviewing patient medical review and the collected data was daily checked for completeness and consistency. Data was entered on Epi info version 7.2.5 and analyzed using SPSS version 24 for Windows software. Statistical test and association between variable was interpreted accordingly. P-value < 0.05 was considered significant.