Neuroinfectious diseases at a  E uropean neurological tertiary care center: one‐third of patients require treatment in the neurological intensive care unit | Zendy

Buchholz G. | Zendy; Ormanns S. | Zendy; Pfister H.W. | Zendy; Koedel U. | Zendy; Klein M. | Zendy

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Neuroinfectious diseases at a E uropean neurological tertiary care center: one‐third of patients require treatment in the neurological intensive care unit

Author(s) -

Buchholz G.,

Ormanns S.,

Pfister H.W.,

Koedel U.,

Klein M.

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

european journal of neurology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.881

H-Index - 124

eISSN - 1468-1331

pISSN - 1351-5101

DOI - 10.1111/ene.12379

Subject(s) - medicine , intensive care unit , tertiary care , mortality rate , emergency medicine , intensive care , intensive care medicine , pediatrics

Background and purpose Studies on the impact of infectious diseases affecting the nervous system are sparse. Methods All patients with neuroinfectious diseases ( NID s) who were treated at our D epartment of N eurology from 2005 until 2009 were retrospectively analyzed. Results Patients with NID s required treatment at the intensive care unit in 34.8%. The mortality rate of patients with NID s was significantly higher than that of other inpatients with neurological diseases (5.1% vs. 3.0%, respectively, P = 0.018). Conclusion In summary, this study shows that patients with NID s are severely ill and mortality is high.

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