Improved Outcomes following the Establishment of a Neurocritical Care Unit in Saudi Arabia

Autor:	Ibrahim Soliman, Waleed Tharwat Aletreby, Dimitrios Karakitsos, Fahad Faqihi, Nasir Nasim Mahmood, Peter G. Brindley, Babar Kahlon, Omar Elsayed Ramadan, Ahmad Fouad Mady, Abdulrahman Alharthy
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2018
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Article Subject business.industry lcsh:Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid Glasgow Coma Scale Psychological intervention Neurointensive care lcsh:RC86-88.9 Hospital mortality Odds ratio Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine Intensive care unit law.invention 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine law Emergency medicine medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Icu discharge business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Cohort study Research Article
Zdroj:	Critical Care Research and Practice Critical Care Research and Practice, Vol 2018 (2018)
ISSN:	2090-1313 2090-1305
Popis:	Background. Dedicated neurocritical care units have dramatically improved the management and outcome following brain injury worldwide. Aim. This is the first study in the Middle East to evaluate the clinical impact of a neurocritical care unit (NCCU) launched within the diverse clinical setting of a polyvalent intensive care unit (ICU). Design and Methods. A retrospective before and after cohort study comparing the outcomes of neurologically injured patients. Group one met criteria for NCCU admission but were admitted to the general ICU as the NCCU was not yet operational (group 1). Group two were subsequently admitted thereafter to the NCCU once it had opened (group 2). The primary outcome was all-cause ICU and hospital mortality. Secondary outcomes were ICU length of stay (LOS), predictors of ICU and hospital discharge, ICU discharge Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS), frequency of tracheostomies, ICP monitoring, and operative interventions. Results. Admission to NCCU was a significant predictor of increased hospital discharge with an odds ratio of 2.3 (95% CI: 1.3–4.1; p=0.005). Group 2 (n = 208 patients) compared to Group 1 (n = 364 patients) had a significantly lower ICU LOS (15 versus 21.4 days). Group 2 also had lower ICU and hospital mortality rates (5.3% versus 10.2% and 9.1% versus 19.5%, respectively; all p<0.05). Group 2 patients had higher discharge GCS and underwent fewer tracheostomies but more interventional procedures (all p<0.05). Conclusion. Admission to NCCU, within a polyvalent Middle Eastern ICU, was associated with significantly decreased mortality and increased hospital discharge.
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