Length of stay and mortality in neurocritically ill patients: Impact of a specialized neurocritical care team
Length of stay and mortality in neurocritically ill patients: Impact of a specialized neurocritical care team
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DOI:
10.1097/01.ccm.0000146132.29042.4c
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发表时间:
2004-11-01
影响因子:
8.8
通讯作者:
Selman, WR
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作者:
Suarez, JI;Zaidat, OO;Selman, WR
Objective: To determine predictors of in-hospital and longterm mortality and length of stay in patients admitted to the neurosciences critical care unit.Design: Retrospective analysis of a prospectively collected database.Setting. Neurosciences critical care unit of a large academic tertiary care hospital.Patients. Adult patients (n = 2381) admitted to our neurosciences critical care unit from January 1997 to April 2000. Interventions: Introduction of a specialized neurocritical care team.Measurements and Main Results: Data obtained from the database included demographics, admission source, length of stay, neurosciences critical care unit and hospital disposition, admission Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) III score, and principal and secondary diagnoses. The introduction of a neurocritical care team in September 1998 was also collected, as was death at 1 yr after admission. Univariate analysis was carried out using Student's t-test, Mann-Whitney U test, or chi-square test (significance, p