ArticleCritical care research and practice2018
Improved Outcomes following the Establishment of a Neurocritical Care Unit in Saudi Arabia.
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8 citing papers in PubMed.
- Neurocritical Care Organization in the Low-Income and Middle-Income Countries.Neurocritical care · 2025Article
- Evaluating complications in a South African neurocritical care unit: A 1-year retrospective audit.The Southern African journal of critical care : the official journal of the Critical Care Society · 2025Article
- Outcome of neurocritical disorders, a multicenter prospective cross-sectional study.Brain and behavior · 2022Article
- Neurocritical Care Resource Utilization in Pandemics: A Statement by the Neurocritical Care Society.Neurocritical care · 2020Article
- Impact of the Dedicated Neurointensivists on the Outcome in Patients with Ischemic Stroke Based on the Linked Big Data for Stroke in Korea.Journal of Korean medical science · 2020Article
- A Perspective from the Neurocritical Care Society and the Society of Critical Care Medicine: Team-Based Care for Neurological Critical Illness.Neurocritical care · 2020Article
- Neurocritical Care: A Growing International Collaborative.Neurocritical care · 2020Article
- Neurocritical care management supported by multimodal brain monitoring after acute brain injury.Critical care scienceArticle
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Abstract
backgroundDedicated neurocritical care units have dramatically improved the management and outcome following brain injury worldwide.
aimThis 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
methodsA 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.
resultsAdmission to NCCU was a significant predictor of increased hospital discharge with an odds ratio of 2.3 (95% CI: 1.3-4.1;
conclusionAdmission to NCCU, within a polyvalent Middle Eastern ICU, was associated with significantly decreased mortality and increased hospital discharge.
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