Polypharmacy: As a Predictive Indicator of Mortality and Length of Stay for Geriatric Patients Charged in ICU

Abstract

Objectives: In this study, we aimed at evaluating the effect of polypharmacy on the mortality and the length of stay ofelderly patients that charged in the ICU.Methods: The patients aged 65 and over which were admitted to the intensive care unit between the dates of September 2018 and August 2019 were included in this study. The statistical calculations were made with SPSS and then thesignificant parameters were investigated seperately.Results: In ICU, retrospectively, a positive statistical significance was found between polypharmacy and the lenght ofstay with mortality rates in our study with 235 geriatric patients (p