Characterization of the patient with a history of chronic alcoholism in the intensive care unit

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Keywords:

alcoholism, intensive care unit, mortality

Abstract

Objective: Characterization of alcoholic patients with admitted at the Intensive Care Unit.
Method: A descriptive and retrospective study. The final sample was 123 patients. The statistical methods for the study included absolute and relative frequency distributions, central tendency measures, Chi-square and Student´s t tests.
Results: Average age was of 58, 5 ± 12,4 years old. The 40-59 (48, 8 %) prevailed as well as Males (92, 7 %). The proportion of male/female sex was of 12, 7:1, 0. More than half of the patients died (56, 1 %). The media age of this group was lightly high to that of the alive discharged patients (60,0 vs 56,6 years old). The clinic admittance cause was most frequent (67, 5 %). The mean of APACHE II value was 18, 1 and it was higher in the diseased than in the survivors (22, 0 vs 13, 1). Most patients ventilated (71, 5 %). The main stay was 6, 9 days, more extended in the dead (8, 1 vs 5, 4). The main causes of death were bacterial bronchopneumonia (28, 6 %).
Conclusion: Patients with antecedent of alcoholism have high mortality.


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Author Biographies

Alberto García Gómez, Hospital Militar Central "Dr. Carlos J. Finlay"

Centro de urgencias, unidad de cuidados intensivos

Profesor Auxiliar, master en urgencias médicas, investigador auxiliar. Especialista 2do grado en Medicina Intensiva y Emergencias

Keilan Martínez Pérez, Hospital Militar Central "Dr. Carlos J. Finlay"

Especialista en 1er grado en Medicina Intensiva y Emergencias

Yaqueline Agüero Carbonell, Hospital Militar Central "Dr. Carlos J. Finlay"

Especialista en 1er grado en Medicina Intensiva y Emergencias. Profesor Asistente

Juan Carlos Pradere Pensado, Hospital Militar Central "Dr. Carlos J. Finlay"

Profesor Auxiliar, master en urgencias médicas,  Especialista 1do grado en Medicina Intensiva y Emergencias, Medicina General Integral, Fisiología Normal y patológica

Ozohydhy Leal Capdesuñer, Hospital Militar Central "Dr. Carlos J. Finlay"

master en urgencias médicas,  Licenciada en Enfermeria, Especialista 1do grado en Enfermeria Intensiva y Emergencias

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2020-08-02

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García Gómez A, Martínez Pérez K, Agüero Carbonell Y, Pradere Pensado JC, Leal Capdesuñer O. Characterization of the patient with a history of chronic alcoholism in the intensive care unit. Rev Cubana Med Milit [Internet]. 2020 Aug. 2 [cited 2025 Apr. 3];49(3):e0200532. Available from: https://revmedmilitar.sld.cu/index.php/mil/article/view/532

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Vol. 49 No. 3 (2020): July - September

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