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This is a register-based study
The aim of this study is to investigate how common comorbidity is in different age groups and which comorbidity that has the greatest impact on mortality considering different admission diagnosis and after the acute phase compared to the general population. Also, how different degrees of comorbidity affect mortality, adjusted for other comorbidities and SAPS 3?
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The study population included all patients > 16 years old admitted to an ICU during the years 2006 to 2012 and registered in the Swedish Intensive Care Registry (SIR).
Hospital discharge diagnoses from in-patient care five years preceding the index time for the ICU admission were extracted from the National Patient Register (NPR) and linked to ICU admissions using unique person identity numbers. Follow-up for all-cause mortality were extracted from the cause of death register at NPR.
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The study population included all patients > 16 years old admitted to an ICU during the years 2006 to 2012 and registered in the Swedish Intensive Care Registry (SIR)
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