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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.