From: ICUs worldwide: An overview of critical care medicine in South Africa
Mean age | 38 years |
Male | 65% |
Female | 35% |
Mean APACHE score | 20 |
Diagnoses (ICU) | Â |
   Trauma | 53% (MVA, gunshot, stabbings, etc.) |
   Medical | 30% (sepsis, metabolic, O/D, etc.) |
   Postsurgical | 4% (elective) |
   Obstetrical/gynaecological | 5% (PET, HELLP, sepsis, postoperative) |
   Infectious diseases | 8% (tetanus, malaria, cholera, etc.) |
Mortality | Â |
   Actual | 31.5% |
   Predicted | 30% |