AUTHOR: MORAR ANICUȚA IONELACOAUTHOR: ROMAN NICOLETA

GRANCEA IULIACOORDINATOR: COPOTOIU MONICA

EPIDEMIOLOGYRheumatoid arthritis :The most common form of inflammatory joint disease.It occurs in women about three times as frequently as in men. Is considered a disease of the joints, with the synovial membrane of the joint as the seat of the disease process.Can occur at any age, its peak incidence is during the fourth andthe sixth decade of life. Its prevalence rises with advancing age.

AIM

To evaluate the outcome of the patients diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis admitted in intensive care unit.

Material and methodsA retrospective, prospective and

observational study521 patients - rheumatic arthritis 23 patients – ICU (Intensive Care Unit)The variables used to measure the predicted

mortality and the severity of the disease were the ICU scores:

APACHE II, SOFA, SAPS.

Other variables followed -demographic features as:

PREDICTIVE SCORES IN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT

THE REASONS FOR ADMISSION

The main cause for the ICU hospitalization of the patients with rheumatoid arthritis was sepsis.

RESULTS ICU SCORES

MORTALITY

APACHE II 15,41+- 7,38

SOFA 6,52+-3,24

SAPS 41,29+-13,52

Correlation with:

ResultsThe only statistically significant

correlation appeared to be:

SAPS with sepsis forp=0,047r=0,302

SAPS with demise forp=0,002

RESULTSAnother statistically correlation

appeared to be:

APACHE II for p=0,01

There was no significant difference between length of stay(12,02 days) in Intensive Care Unit, for survivors or dead :

p=0,07

DEAD in ICU

CONCLUSIONS

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