Inventory of a Neurological Intensive Care Unit: Who Is Treated and How Long?
Purpose. To characterize indications, treatment, and length of stay in a stand-alone neurological intensive care unit with focus on comparison between ventilated and nonventilated patient. Methods. We performed a single-center retrospective cohort study of all treated patients in our neurological in...
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| author | Roland Backhaus Franz Aigner Felix Schlachetzki Dagmar Steffling Wolfgang Jakob Andreas Steinbrecher Bernhard Kaiser Peter Hau Sandra Boy Kornelius Fuchs Ulrich Bogdahn Markus Ritzka |
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| description | Purpose. To characterize indications, treatment, and length of stay in a stand-alone neurological intensive care unit with focus on comparison between ventilated and nonventilated patient. Methods. We performed a single-center retrospective cohort study of all treated patients in our neurological intensive care unit between October 2006 and December 2008. Results. Overall, 512 patients were treated in the surveyed period, of which 493 could be included in the analysis. Of these, 40.8% had invasive mechanical ventilation and 59.2% had not. Indications in both groups were predominantly cerebrovascular diseases. Length of stay was 16.5 days in mean for ventilated and 3.6 days for nonventilated patient. Conclusion. Most patients, ventilated or not, suffer from vascular diseases with further impairment of other organ systems or systemic complications. Data reflects close relationship and overlap of treatment on nICU with a standardized stroke unit treatment and suggests, regarding increasing therapeutic options, the high impact of acute high-level treatment to reduce consequential complications. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-fc224fcfe78d4cd39b79f17c161e9d982025-02-03T05:53:06ZengWileyNeurology Research International2090-18522090-18602015-01-01201510.1155/2015/696038696038Inventory of a Neurological Intensive Care Unit: Who Is Treated and How Long?Roland Backhaus0Franz Aigner1Felix Schlachetzki2Dagmar Steffling3Wolfgang Jakob4Andreas Steinbrecher5Bernhard Kaiser6Peter Hau7Sandra Boy8Kornelius Fuchs9Ulrich Bogdahn10Markus Ritzka11Department of Neurology, University of Regensburg, 93053 Regensburg, GermanyDepartment of Neurology, University of Regensburg, 93053 Regensburg, GermanyDepartment of Neurology, University of Regensburg, 93053 Regensburg, GermanyDepartment of Neurology, University of Regensburg, 93053 Regensburg, GermanyDepartment of Anaesthesiology, HELIOS Klinikum, 99089 Erfurt, GermanyDepartment of Neurology, HELIOS Klinikum, 99089 Erfurt, GermanyDepartment of Neurology, University of Regensburg, 93053 Regensburg, GermanyDepartment of Neurology, University of Regensburg, 93053 Regensburg, GermanyDepartment of Neurology, University of Regensburg, 93053 Regensburg, GermanyDepartment of Neurology, University of Regensburg, 93053 Regensburg, GermanyDepartment of Neurology, University of Regensburg, 93053 Regensburg, GermanyDepartment of Surgery, University Clinic Regensburg, 93053 Regensburg, GermanyPurpose. To characterize indications, treatment, and length of stay in a stand-alone neurological intensive care unit with focus on comparison between ventilated and nonventilated patient. Methods. We performed a single-center retrospective cohort study of all treated patients in our neurological intensive care unit between October 2006 and December 2008. Results. Overall, 512 patients were treated in the surveyed period, of which 493 could be included in the analysis. Of these, 40.8% had invasive mechanical ventilation and 59.2% had not. Indications in both groups were predominantly cerebrovascular diseases. Length of stay was 16.5 days in mean for ventilated and 3.6 days for nonventilated patient. Conclusion. Most patients, ventilated or not, suffer from vascular diseases with further impairment of other organ systems or systemic complications. Data reflects close relationship and overlap of treatment on nICU with a standardized stroke unit treatment and suggests, regarding increasing therapeutic options, the high impact of acute high-level treatment to reduce consequential complications.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/696038 |
| spellingShingle | Roland Backhaus Franz Aigner Felix Schlachetzki Dagmar Steffling Wolfgang Jakob Andreas Steinbrecher Bernhard Kaiser Peter Hau Sandra Boy Kornelius Fuchs Ulrich Bogdahn Markus Ritzka Inventory of a Neurological Intensive Care Unit: Who Is Treated and How Long? Neurology Research International |
| title | Inventory of a Neurological Intensive Care Unit: Who Is Treated and How Long? |
| title_full | Inventory of a Neurological Intensive Care Unit: Who Is Treated and How Long? |
| title_fullStr | Inventory of a Neurological Intensive Care Unit: Who Is Treated and How Long? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Inventory of a Neurological Intensive Care Unit: Who Is Treated and How Long? |
| title_short | Inventory of a Neurological Intensive Care Unit: Who Is Treated and How Long? |
| title_sort | inventory of a neurological intensive care unit who is treated and how long |
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