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Introducción Los pacientes reingresados a UTI, definidos como recurrencia de la internación en el área crítica dentro del primer trimestre posterior al primer egreso de la misma. Presentan una elevada prevalencia en series publicadas y ausencia de datos en nuestro medio, lo cual obligó a realizar un análisis y búsqueda de factores de riesgo. Diseño: retrospectivo descriptivo observacional transversal y comparativo. Material y Método: pacientes ingresados a la UTI, durante el periodo 2004 al 2009. Se incluyeron 1296 historias clínicas. Variables en estudio dependiente Reingreso y variables independiente (edad, sexo, motivo del primer ingreso, Apache II, estadía en UTI, uso de catéter de Swan Ganz, ventilación mecánica invasiva, hemodiálisis, nutrición enteral y / o parenteral, drogas vasoactivas:, día de la semana de egreso en la primera admisión. Resultados Sobre 1296 historias clínicas analizadas se observo una frecuencia de 7.2% de reingresos .Los reingresos presentaron una edad 56 ±19 años de similar distribución de sexo. Estadía mediana de 7, Apache II de ingreso 12±6...No encontramos diferencias entre las variables independientes El análisis univariado presento asociación significativa estadía≥7dìas y nutrición enteral, .en el multivariado quedo significativa nutrición enteral...Conclusiones La población con reingreso a UTI presenta una elevada prevalencia, asociada a la estadía y nutrición enteral siendo esta última el único factor de riesgo cuando las variables se ajustan entre si.
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