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Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: Causes of death and determinants of outcome in critically ill patients. | Available online http ccforum.eom content 10 6 R154 Research Causes of death and determinants of outcome in critically ill patients Viktoria D Mayr1 Martin W Dunser2 Veronika Greil3 Stefan Jochberger1 Gunter Luckner1 Hanno Ulmer4 Barbara E Friesenecker1 Jukka Takala2 and Walter R Hasibeder5 Open Access 1 Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine Innsbruck Medical University Anichstrasse 35 6020 Innsbruck Austria 2Department of Intensive Care Medicine University Hospital Bern 3010 Bern Switzerland institute of Management and Quality Control TILAK Anichstrasse 35 6020 Innsbruck Austria 4Institute of Medical Biostatistics Innsbruck Medical University Anichstrasse 35 6020 Innsbruck Austria 5Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine Krankenhaus der Barmherzigen Schwestern Ried im Innkreis Austria Corresponding author Viktoria D Mayr viktoria.mayr@uibk.ac.at Received 28 Jun 2006 Revisions requested 3 Aug 2006 Revisions received 13 Sep 2006 Accepted 3 Nov 2006 Published 3 Nov 2006 Critical Care 2006 10 R154 doi 10.1186 cc5086 This article is online at http ccforum.com content 10 6 R154 2006 Mayr et al. licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http creativecommons.org licenses by 2.0 which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Introduction Whereas most studies focus on laboratory and clinical research little is known about the causes of death and risk factors for death in critically ill patients. Methods Three thousand seven hundred patients admitted to an adult intensive care unit ICU were prospectively evaluated. Study endpoints were to evaluate causes of death and risk factors for death in the ICU in the hospital after discharge from ICU and within one year after ICU admission. Causes of death in the ICU were defined according to standard ICU practice whereas deaths in