Background and Aim. Long hospital days in intensive care unit (ICU) due to life-threatening diseases are increasing in the world.\nThe primary goal in ICU is to decrease length of stay in order to improve the quality of medical care and reduce cost. The aim of\nour study is to identify and categorize the factors associated with prolonged stays in ICU. Materials and Method.We retrospectively\nanalyzed 3925 patients. We obtained the patientsâ�� demographic, clinical, diagnostic, and physiologic variables; mortality; lengths\nof stay by examining the intensive care unit database records. Results. The mean age of the study was 61.6 �± 18.9 years. The average\nlength of stay in intensive care unit was 10.2 �± 25.2 days. The most common cause of hospitalization was because of multiple\ndiseases (19.5%). The length of stay was positively correlated with urea, creatinine, and sodium. It was negatively correlated with\nuric acid and hematocrit levels. Length of stay was significantly higher in patients not operated on than in patients operated on\n(
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