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Intrahospital transport related health consequences among critically ill patients
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Abstract
Background: Intrahospital transport of a critically ill patients has been associated with {u2018} technical and life-threatening adverse events. Aim: To explore intrahospital transport related health consequences among critically ill patients and different selected factors j contributed to both negative and positive health consequences. Research Design: A ; descriptive exploratory research design was utilized. Research questions: Q]:- What are {u2018} the intrahospital transport related health consequences among critically ill patients? Q2:- {u2018} What are different selected factors contributed to both negative and positive health : consequences? Sample: purposive sample of 62 critically ill adult patients who had : intrahospital transport within a period of nine months. Tools: Two tools were utilized to collect data pertinent to the current study. Tool 1: Personnel characteristics & medical data sheet, Tool 2: Checklist of intrahospital transport related health consequences and different : selected factors contributed to both negative and positive health consequences during intrahospital transport of a critically ill Patient. Results: the current study revealed no dominance in gender (50% male and 50% female) and 40.3% were in age group 40 < 50 years. No death recorded but there were 207 adverse events occurred during 52 transports (52 patients) (83.9 %) with more than one adverse event occurred during single transport in 39 transports (62.9%). Airway/ pulmonary complications and hemodynamic instability each of them formed 30% of total adverse events. Cardiac arrest recorded in (8.1%) of the studied sample and (11.3%) developed disturbed consious level and cardiac arrythmia. (21%) of patients developed hyperglycemia and (14.5%) developed hypoglycemia. Out of 14 selected factors that may contribute to negative health consequences only five of them recorded a significant statistical correlation with health consequences these factors are the transport team, equipment & materials , connections, duration of transport and intervention during transport