Profile of adult intensive care units in Brazil: systematic review of observational studies.

Objective: To identify the clinical and epidemiological profile of adult intensive care units in Brazil.

Methods: A systematic review was performed using a comprehensive strategy to search PubMed®, Embase, SciELO, and the Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde. The eligibility criteria for this review were observational studies that described the epidemiological and/or clinical profile of critically ill patients admitted to Brazilian intensive care units and were published between 2007 and 2020.