Patterns of presentation, prevalence and associated factors of mortality in ICU among adult patients during the pandemic of COVID 19: A retrospective cross-sectional study.

Background: There is concern that patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) with Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) have variable prevalence reports of mortality. The survival rates are also inconsistently reported due to varying follow-up periods. Even if data on outcomes and baseline characteristics of ICU patients with COVID-19 is essential for action planning to manage complications, it is still left undisclosed in our study setting.

Perioperative Respiratory Adverse Events Among Pediatric Surgical Patients in University Hospitals in Northwest Ethiopia; A Prospective Observational Study.

Introduction: Perioperative respiratory adverse events (PRAEs) are frequent among pediatrics surgical patients and are accountable for 3/4 of perioperative critical incidents and 1/3 of cardiac arrests.

Objective: Assess the prevalence and factors associated with PRAEs among pediatric surgical patients in University Hospitals in Northwest Ethiopia, 2020.

Methodology: After ethical approval obtained prospective observational study was conducted among 210 pediatric surgical patients.