Open AccessIncidence of Encephalitis in the Intensive Care Unit, a Tertiary Care Hospital, Pakistan: A 5-Year Retrospective Study
Author(s) -
Sonia Andleeb,
M Yasir Bari,
Inam Gill,
Sana Urooj,
Sidra Nausheen
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
turkish journal of anaesthesiology and reanimation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 2667-677X
pISSN - 2667-6370
DOI - 10.5152/tjar.2019.62144
Subject(s) - medicine , retrospective cohort study , incidence (geometry) , intensive care unit , encephalitis , pediatrics , mortality rate , medical record , emergency medicine , intensive care medicine , surgery , virology , optics , virus , physics
Encephalitis is a disease that has a major impact on health systems worldwide in terms of mortality, morbidity and costs. Furthermore, it is a challenging disease for the treating physician, as the patient presentation varies, and not all patients present with typical complaints. In addition, if left untreated or if there is a delay in the treatment, the mortality rate due to encephalitis can increase. The incidence of encephalitis in Pakistan is scarce in the literature because, in most of cases, the specific cause is not evaluated due to lack of resources and also because the majority of cases are not reported. The aim of this study was to determine the incidence and outcomes of encephalitis in patients admitted to a tertiary care hospital intensive care unit in Pakistan.