Profile of cases and factors associated with poor outcomes among patients admitted to the intensive care unit at a regional referral hospital in Bhutan: an observational study
About half of patients admitted to the ICU ended in mortality and the most common cause was septic shock. This study provides a baseline understanding of critical care service delivery in a resource-limited setting.
Authors
- Kesang Namgyal
- Sangay Wangmo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3305-7217)
- Thinley Dorji (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4932-8704)
- Choeda Gyaltshen
- Sangay Wangchuk
- Sangay Tenzin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4962-4423)
- Tenzin Choden (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3024-6429)
- Lok Bahadur Ghalley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6272-5590)
Institutions
- Teaching Hospital Kandy (LK)
- Central Military Hospital (NL)
- Ministry of Agriculture and Forests (BT)
- Khesar Gyalpo University of Medical Sciences of Bhutan (BT)
- Royal University of Bhutan (BT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Health Services Research
- Published
- 2025-11-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-025-13637-1
- Primary Topic
- Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00