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It's the day when ICU nurse Rui Rui goes to the ward to visit patients
At Zhejiang University Shaw Hospital
Every patient transferred from the ICU to the general ward
Will get a patient and meticulous return visit from the ICU nurse
The return visit was by a grandmother in her 70s who had entered the ICU for surgery and was waiting for anesthesia to recover.
The grandmother who turned back to the general ward saw the nurse dressed in green and immediately avoided her eyes, as if there was still some panic and fear.
"Grandma, don't be afraid, I'm just here to talk to you." See if you're recovering so well now, you'll be discharged from the hospital right away! ”
Hearing the nurse say that she could be discharged from the hospital, the grandmother slowly opened her heart.
"Little girl, you know what? After the surgery, I heard someone calling me from afar. I slowly opened my eyes and heard her tell me I was in the custody room, which scared me half to death! ”
The nurse gently shook Grandma's hand and encouraged her: "Grandma, you are recovering well now, don't be afraid!" ”
"I heard that everyone who goes into the care unit is going to die?" I don't want to die. I was desperately trying to escape..."
It is indeed mysterious and terrifying for most people
Are you as scared of the ICU as your grandmother?
Are people in the intensive care unit going to die?
By the grandmother's question
Let's take a look at it today
The real "life and death" in the ICU
Important note: The following data is only from one of the small ICU 2020.1-2021.10 of the Shaw Hospital affiliated to Zhejiang University School of Medicine, and is not fully representative of the actual level of the region.
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Let's take a look
Mortality of patients entering the ICU
Only 3.72% of patients died in the ICU as a result of severe deterioration in their condition and were declared dead by their doctors.
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The vast majority of patients (86.68%) were able to recover and successfully transfer out of the ICU.
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What about the remaining 9.60% of patients? For various reasons, the family chose to give up continuing treatment in the ICU, such as economic strength does not allow continued treatment, because of the long distance to take care of the inconvenience and return to the local hospital, because of the age of fear of death and choose to return to the roots...
According to statistics, in 2020, the premature mortality rate of major chronic diseases in the registered population of Hangzhou was 6.93%, which was higher than the mortality rate of ICU patients.
Men and women who enter the ICU
What is the proportion?
There is also a mortality rate of 4.08% for male patients and 3.04% for females.
In this way, men should pay more attention to protecting their bodies, go home early after work, the health is healthy, the exercise is exercise, and the middle-aged health care Dafa goji berry thermos cup is used.
Patients admitted to the ICU
Are mostly elderly people?
Middle-aged and elderly people account for 85% of all patients in the ICU, while the elderly account for more than 60%. So when it's time for shifts, the ICU ward is always filled with a kind call: "Grandpa/Grandma is dawning, wake up!" ”
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The mortality rate is different for ICU patients in different age groups, right?
As patients age, ICU mortality is on the rise. Age and mortality are positively correlated, so grandma's fears and worries are understandable.
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What disease patients
Will it be sent to the ICU?
The ICU is admitted to a variety of acute and critical diseases, such as surgical procedures for various reasons, sudden gastrointestinal bleeding, sudden cerebral infarction, severe pneumonia, sudden myocardial infarction and so on.
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What is the mortality rate of patients who enter the ICU because of surgery?
35.22% of patients entered the ICU for monitoring treatment after surgery. Among them, the number of patients who chose surgery because of emergency (17.02%) and full preparation as planned (18.20%) did not vary much. But the difference in mortality is enormous.
Mortality rate of emergency surgery patients 0.36%
Mortality rate of patients undergoing elective surgery is 0.05%
Although the mortality rate of postoperative patients is not high, but do not stay up when sick, survive into an emergency, need emergency surgery, then passive.
I'll stop here about the life and death of the ICU
Stay tuned
The Little Secret series in the ICU
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Source: Run Run Shaw Hospital
Author: 1-4F ICU Wang Xiaoling
Editor-in-charge: Zheng Huaju
Proofreader: Zang Hengjia
Plate making: Xue Jiao