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SALAS-SEGURA, Donato A. Cuidado intensivo en un hospital regional: Características demográficas y mortalidad. Acta méd. costarric [online]. 2005, vol.47, n.3, pp.133-136. ISSN 0001-6002.

Objective: To describe a poblation admitted to Intensive Care Unit of the Tony Facio Hospital of Limón Materials and methods: Information about all patients admitted to Intensive care unit during 6 months period was gathering. A data base in SPSS 11.0 was created to process all information. Results: A total of one hundred fifty five patients were studied, 82 (53%) were men, 113 were admitted to medicine area, 34 to surgical area and 8 to obstetrics area. Mean length of stay was 5, 22 days. Most patients (30%) have the diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome. General mortality was 15, 5 % (24 patients), septic shock was the most important causes of death. Conclusion: First data about national intensive care unit’s demographics facts are show

Palavras-chave : Intensive care unit; stadistics; mortality.