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AlKhoshi AM, AlZahrani AA, Shawli FS, AlJabri AA, AlAnsari AH, Alshuqayfi K, AlSaadi RM, AlYousef MA. Prognostic Factors Affecting Postsurgical Outcomes of Adult Patients with Intracranial Meningioma: A Retrospective Study. World Neurosurg 2023; 180:e281-e287. [PMID: 37741331 DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2023.09.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2023] [Revised: 09/09/2023] [Accepted: 09/11/2023] [Indexed: 09/25/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To identify the prognostic factors of surgical resection for meningioma and their relationship with patient outcomes. METHODS This retrospective study included 53 patients (≥16 years), who underwent surgical resection for intracranial meningioma at the King Abdulaziz University Hospital from 2012 to 2022. Data regarding tumor location and size, histopathological type, chief complaint, chief complaint duration, admission date, diagnosis, operation, and discharge date were collected. These data were subjected to univariate and bivariate analyses to investigate the relationship between the postsurgical outcomes of the patients with meningioma and the variables of age at surgery, sex, length of hospitalization, chief complaint, Glasgow outcome score, World Health Organization histopathological classification, body mass index, tumor size, and nature of surgical resection. RESULTS The mean age of our study cohort was 49.09 ± 12.64 years, with a female preponderance (75.5%) and mean body mass index of 29.31 ± 5.52 kg/m2. length of hospitalization (mean: 26.92 ± 54.88 days) demonstrated a significant (P = 0.012) impact on prognosis after surgery. In addition, convexity meningiomas (21.2%), which were observed in the maximum number of cases, and mean tumor volume (28.67 ± 48.85 mm) were significantly (P = 0.049) associated with the outcome. Most patients (78.8%) underwent total surgical resection, and histopathological examinations revealed a higher frequency of grade 1 than grade 2 tumors. CONCLUSIONS Short duration of hospitalization and superficial location of the tumor are associated with optimal outcomes after surgical resection for patients with meningioma.
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- Abdulaziz M AlKhoshi
- College of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
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- College of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- College of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- College of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- College of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- College of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- College of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Assistant professor, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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Mark DG, Huang J, Sonne DC, Rauchwerger AS, Reed ME. Mortality Following Diagnosis of Nontraumatic Intracerebral Hemorrhage Within an Integrated "Hub-and-Spoke" Neuroscience Care Model: Is Spoke Presentation Noninferior to Hub Presentation? Neurocrit Care 2023; 38:761-770. [PMID: 36600074 DOI: 10.1007/s12028-022-01667-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2022] [Accepted: 12/15/2022] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Practice guidelines recommend that patients with intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) be treated in units with acute neuroscience care experience. However, most hospitals in the United States lack this degree of specialization. We sought to examine outcome differences for patients with nontraumatic ICH presenting to centers with and without advanced neuroscience care specialization. METHODS This was a retrospective study of adult patients presenting with nontraumatic ICH between 1/1/2011 and 9/30/2020 across 21 medical centers within Kaiser Permanente Northern California, an integrated care system that employs a "hub-and-spoke" model of neuroscience care in which two centers service as neuroscience "hubs" and the remaining 19 centers service as referral "spokes." Patients presenting to spokes can receive remote consultation (including image review) by neurosurgical or neurointensive care specialists located at hubs. The primary outcome was 90-day mortality. We used hierarchical logistic regression, adjusting for ICH score components, comorbidities, and demographics, to test a hypothesis that initial presentation to a spoke medical center was noninferior to hub presentation [defined as an odds ratio (OR) with an upper 95% confidence interval (CI) limit of 1.24 or less]. RESULTS A total of 6978 patients were included, with 6170 (88%) initially presenting to spoke medical centers. The unadjusted 90-day mortality for patients initially presenting to spoke versus hub medical centers was 32.2% and 32.7%, respectively. In adjusted analysis, presentation to a spoke medical center was neither noninferior nor inferior for 90-day mortality risk (OR 1.21, 95% CI 0.84-1.74). Sensitivity analysis excluding patients admitted to general wards or lacking continuous health plan insurance during the follow-up period trended closer to a noninferior result (OR 0.99, 95% CI 0.69-1.44). CONCLUSIONS Within an integrated "hub-and-spoke" neuroscience care model, the risk of 90-day mortality following initial presentation with nontraumatic ICH to a spoke medical center was not conclusively noninferior compared with initial presentation to a hub medical center. However, there was also no indication that care for selected patients with nontraumatic ICH within medical centers lacking advanced neuroscience specialization resulted in significantly inferior outcomes. This finding may support the safety and efficiency of a "hub-and-spoke" care model for patients with nontraumatic ICH, although additional investigations are warranted.
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- Dustin G Mark
- Departments of Emergency Medicine and Critical Care Medicine, Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center, 3600 Broadway, Oakland, CA, 94611, USA.
- Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA, USA.
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- Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA, USA
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- Division of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology, Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center, Oakland, CA, USA
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- Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA, USA
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- Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA, USA
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Puy L, Parry-Jones AR, Sandset EC, Dowlatshahi D, Ziai W, Cordonnier C. Intracerebral haemorrhage. Nat Rev Dis Primers 2023; 9:14. [PMID: 36928219 DOI: 10.1038/s41572-023-00424-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/03/2023] [Indexed: 03/18/2023]
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Intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH) is a dramatic condition caused by the rupture of a cerebral vessel and the entry of blood into the brain parenchyma. ICH is a major contributor to stroke-related mortality and dependency: only half of patients survive for 1 year after ICH, and patients who survive have sequelae that affect their quality of life. The incidence of ICH has increased in the past few decades with shifts in the underlying vessel disease over time as vascular prevention has improved and use of antithrombotic agents has increased. The pathophysiology of ICH is complex and encompasses mechanical mass effect, haematoma expansion and secondary injury. Identifying the causes of ICH and predicting the vital and functional outcome of patients and their long-term vascular risk have improved in the past decade; however, no specific treatment is available for ICH. ICH remains a medical emergency, with prevention of haematoma expansion as the key therapeutic target. After discharge, secondary prevention and management of vascular risk factors in patients remains challenging and is based on an individual benefit-risk balance evaluation.
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- Laurent Puy
- Lille Neuroscience & Cognition (LilNCog) - U1172, University of Lille, Inserm, CHU Lille, Lille, France
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- Geoffrey Jefferson Brain Research Centre, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust & University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
- Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
- Manchester Centre for Clinical Neurosciences, Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust, Salford, UK
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- Department of Neurology, Stroke Unit, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
- The Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Medicine (Neurology), University of Ottawa and Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Neurocritical Care, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Lille Neuroscience & Cognition (LilNCog) - U1172, University of Lille, Inserm, CHU Lille, Lille, France.
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Alizadeh B, Alibabaei A, Ahmadi S, Maroufi SF, Ghafouri-Fard S, Nateghinia S. Designing predictive models for appraisal of outcome of neurosurgery patients using machine learning-based techniques. INTERDISCIPLINARY NEUROSURGERY 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.inat.2022.101658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022] Open
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Impact of dedicated neuro-anesthesia management on clinical outcomes in glioblastoma patients: A single-institution cohort study. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0278864. [PMID: 36512593 PMCID: PMC9746943 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0278864] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2022] [Accepted: 11/25/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Glioblastomas are mostly resected under general anesthesia under the supervision of a general anesthesiologist. Currently, it is largely unkown if clinical outcomes of GBM patients can be improved by appointing a neuro-anesthesiologist for their cases. We aimed to evaluate whether the assignment of dedicated neuro-anesthesiologists improves the outcomes of these patients. We also investigated the value of dedicated neuro-oncological surgical teams as an independent variable in both groups. METHODS A cohort consisting of 401 GBM patients who had undergone resection was retrospectively investigated. Primary outcomes were postoperative neurological complications, fluid balance, length-of-stay and overall survival. Secondary outcomes were blood loss, anesthesia modality, extent of resection, total admission costs, and duration of surgery. RESULTS 320 versus 81 patients were operated under the anesthesiological supervision of a general anesthesiologist and a dedicated neuro-anesthesiologist, respectively. Dedicated neuro-anesthesiologists yielded significant superior outcomes in 1) postoperative neurological complications (early: p = 0.002, OR = 2.54; late: p = 0.003, OR = 2.24); 2) fluid balance (p<0.0001); 3) length-of-stay (p = 0.0006) and 4) total admission costs (p = 0.0006). In a subanalysis of the GBM resections performed by an oncological neurosurgeon (n = 231), the assignment of a dedicated neuro-anesthesiologist independently improved postoperative neurological complications (early minor: p = 0.0162; early major: p = 0.00780; late minor: p = 0.00250; late major: p = 0.0364). The assignment of a dedicated neuro-oncological team improved extent of resection additionally (p = 0.0416). CONCLUSION GBM resections with anesthesiological supervision of a dedicated neuro-anesthesiologists are associated with improved patient outcomes. Prospective evidence is needed to further investigate the usefulness of the dedicated neuro-anesthesiologist in different settings.
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Fujii Y, Hirota K, Muranishi K, Mori Y, Kambara K, Nishikawa Y, Hashiguchi M. Clinical impact of physician staffing transition in intensive care units: a retrospective observational study. BMC Anesthesiol 2022; 22:362. [PMID: 36435755 PMCID: PMC9701368 DOI: 10.1186/s12871-022-01905-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2022] [Accepted: 11/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Background Intensivists play an essential role in improving the outcomes of critically ill patients in intensive care units (ICUs). The transition of ICU physician staffing from low-intensity ICUs (elective intensivist or no intensivist consultation) to high-intensity ICUs (mandatory intensivist consultation or a closed ICU) improves clinical outcomes. However, whether a transition from high-intensity to low-intensity ICU staffing affects ICU outcomes and quality of care remains unknown. Methods A retrospective observational study was conducted to examine the impact of high- versus low-intensity staffing models on all-cause mortality in a suburban secondary community hospital with 400 general beds and 8 ICU beds. The ICU was switched from a high-intensity staffing model (high-former period) to low-intensity staffing in July 2019 (low-mid period) and then back to high-intensity staffing in March 2020 (high-latter period). Patients admitted from the emergency department, general ward, or operating room after emergency surgery were enrolled in these three periods and compared, balancing the predicted mortality and covariates of the patients. The primary outcome was all-cause mortality analyzed using hazard ratios (HRs) from Cox proportional hazards regression. An interrupted time-series analysis (ITSA) was also conducted to evaluate the effects of events (level change) and time. Results There were 962 eligible admissions, of which 251, 213, and 498 occurred in the high-former, low-mid, and high-latter periods, respectively. In the matched group (n = 600), the all-cause mortality rate comparing the high-former period with the low-mid period showed an HR of 0.88 [95% confidence interval (CI), 0.56, 1.39; p = 0.58] and that comparing the high-latter period with the low-mid period showed an HR of 0.84 [95% CI, 0.54, 1.30; p = 0.43]. The result for comparison between the three periods was p = 0.80. ITSA showed level changes of 4.05% [95% CI, -13.1, 21.2; p = 0.63] when ICU staffing changed from the high-former to the low-mid period and 1.35% [95% CI, -13.8, 16.5; p = 0.86] when ICU staffing changed from the low-mid to the high-latter period. Conclusion There was no statistically significant difference in all-cause mortality among the three ICU staffing periods. This study suggests that low-intensity ICU staffing might not worsen clinical outcomes in the ICU in a medium-sized community hospital. Multiple factors, including the presence of an intensivist, other medical staff, and practical guidelines, influence the prognosis of critically ill patients. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12871-022-01905-0.
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Bahna M, Hamed M, Ilic I, Salemdawod A, Schneider M, Rácz A, Baumgartner T, Güresir E, Eichhorn L, Lehmann F, Schuss P, Surges R, Vatter H, Borger V. The necessity for routine intensive care unit admission following elective craniotomy for epilepsy surgery: a retrospective single-center observational study. J Neurosurg 2022; 137:1203-1209. [PMID: 35120311 DOI: 10.3171/2021.12.jns211799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2021] [Accepted: 12/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Traditionally, patients who underwent elective craniotomy for epilepsy surgery are monitored postoperatively in an intensive care unit (ICU) overnight in order to sufficiently respond to potential early postoperative complications. In the present study, the authors investigated the frequency of early postoperative events that entailed ICU monitoring in patients who had undergone elective craniotomy for epilepsy surgery. In a second step, they aimed at identifying pre- and intraoperative risk factors for the development of unfavorable events to distinguish those patients with the need for postoperative ICU monitoring at the earliest possible stage. METHODS The authors performed a retrospective observational cohort study assessing patients with medically intractable epilepsy (n = 266) who had undergone elective craniotomy for epilepsy surgery between 2012 and 2019 at a tertiary care epilepsy center, excluding those patients who had undergone invasive diagnostic approaches and functional hemispherectomy. Postoperative complications were defined as any unfavorable postoperative surgical and/or anesthesiological event that required further ICU therapy within 48 hours following surgery. A multivariate analysis was performed to reveal preoperatively identifiable risk factors for postoperative adverse events requiring an ICU setting. RESULTS Thirteen (4.9%) of 266 patients developed early postoperative adverse events that required further postoperative ICU care. The most prevalent event was a return to the operating room because of relevant postoperative intracranial hematoma (5 of 266 patients). Multivariate analysis revealed intraoperative blood loss ≥ 325 ml (OR 6.2, p = 0.012) and diabetes mellitus (OR 9.2, p = 0.029) as risk factors for unfavorable postoperative events requiring ICU therapy. CONCLUSIONS The present study revealed routinely collectable risk factors that would allow the identification of patients with an elevated risk of postsurgical complications requiring a postoperative ICU stay following epilepsy surgery. These findings may offer guidance for a stepdown unit admission policy following epilepsy surgical interventions after an external validation of the results.
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- 3Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- 3Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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Viarasilpa T. Implementation of neurocritical care in Thailand. Front Neurol 2022; 13:990294. [PMID: 36330426 PMCID: PMC9622761 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2022.990294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2022] [Accepted: 09/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Dedicated neurointensive care units and neurointensivists are rarely available in Thailand, a developing country, despite the high burden of life-threatening neurologic illness, including strokes, post-cardiac arrest brain injury, status epilepticus, and cerebral edema from various etiologies. Therefore, the implementation of neurocritical care is essential to improve patient outcomes. With the resource-limited circumstances, the integration of neurocritical care service by collaboration between intensivists, neurologists, neurosurgeons, and other multidisciplinary care teams into the current institutional practice to take care of critically-ill neurologic patients is more suitable than building a new neurointensive care unit since this approach can promptly be made without reorganization of the hospital system. Providing neurocritical care knowledge to internal medicine and neurology residents and critical care fellows and developing a research system will lead to sustainable quality improvement in patient care. This review article will describe our current situation and strategies to implement neurocritical care in Thailand.
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Pham X, Ray J, Neto AS, Laing J, Perucca P, Kwan P, O’Brien TJ, Udy AA. Association of Neurocritical Care Services With Mortality and Functional Outcomes for Adults With Brain Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. JAMA Neurol 2022; 79:1049-1058. [PMID: 36036899 PMCID: PMC9425286 DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2022.2456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2022] [Accepted: 07/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Importance Neurocritical care (NCC) aims to improve the outcomes of critically ill patients with brain injury, although the benefits of such subspecialized care are yet to be determined. Objective To evaluate the association of NCC with patient-centered outcomes in adults with acute brain injury who were admitted to intensive care units (ICUs). The protocol was preregistered on PROSPERO (CRD42020177190). Data Sources Three electronic databases were searched (Ovid MEDLINE, Embase, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials) from inception through December 15, 2021, and by citation chaining. Study Selection Studies were included for interventions of neurocritical care units (NCCUs), neurointensivists, or NCC consulting services compared with general care in populations of neurologically ill adults or adults with acute brain injury in ICUs. Data Extraction and Synthesis Data extraction was performed in keeping with PRISMA guidelines and risk of bias assessed through the ROBINS-I Cochrane tool by 2 independent reviewers. Data were pooled using a random-effects model. Main Outcomes and Measures The primary outcome was all-cause mortality at longest follow-up until 6 months. Secondary outcomes were ICU length of stay (LOS), hospital LOS, and functional outcomes. Data were measured as risk ratio (RR) if dichotomous or standardized mean difference if continuous. Subgroup analyses were performed for disease and models of NCC delivery. Results After 5659 nonduplicated published records were screened, 26 nonrandomized observational studies fulfilled eligibility criteria. A meta-analysis of mortality outcomes for 55 792 patients demonstrated a 17% relative risk reduction (RR, 0.83; 95% CI, 0.75-0.92; P = .001) in those receiving subspecialized care (n = 27 061) compared with general care (n = 27 694). Subgroup analyses did not identify subgroup differences. Eight studies including 4667 patients demonstrated a 17% relative risk reduction (RR, 0.83; 95% CI, 0.70-0.97; P = .03) for an unfavorable functional outcome with subspecialized care compared with general care. There were no differences in LOS outcomes. Heterogeneity was substantial in all analyses. Conclusions and Relevance Subspecialized NCC is associated with improved survival and functional outcomes for critically ill adults with brain injury. However, confidence in the evidence is limited by substantial heterogeneity. Further investigations are necessary to determine the specific aspects of NCC that contribute to these improved outcomes and its cost-effectiveness.
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- Xiuxian Pham
- Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Neurology, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Neuroscience, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Neurology, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Neuroscience, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Neurology, Austin Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Intensive Care, Austin Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Critical Care, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Neurology, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Neuroscience, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Neurology, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Neuroscience, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Bladin-Berkovic Comprehensive Epilepsy Program, Department of Neurology, Austin Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Epilepsy Research Centre, Department of Medicine (Austin Health), University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Neurology, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Neuroscience, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Medicine and Neurology, University of Melbourne, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Neurology, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Neuroscience, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Intensive Care and Hyperbaric Medicine, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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The History of Neurocritical Care as a Subspecialty. Crit Care Clin 2022; 39:1-15. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccc.2022.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Quality Improvement in Neurocritical Care: a Review of the Current Landscape and Best Practices. Curr Treat Options Neurol 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s11940-022-00734-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Purpose of Review
The field of neurocritical care (NCC) has grown such that there is now a substantial body of literature on quality improvement specific to NCC. This review will discuss the development of this literature over time and highlight current best practices with practical tips for providers.
Recent Findings
There is tremendous variability in patient care models for NCC patients, despite evidence showing that certain structural elements are associated with better outcomes. There now also exist evidence-based recommendations for neurocritical care unit (NCCU) structure and processes, as well as NCC-specific performance measure (PM) sets; however, awareness of these is variable among care providers. The evidence-based literature on NCC structure, staffing, training, standardized order sets and bundles, transitions of care including handoff, prevention of bounce backs, bed flow optimization, and inter-hospital transfers is growing and offers many examples of successful performance improvement initiatives in NCCUs.
Summary
NCC providers care for patients with life-threatening conditions like intracerebral and subarachnoid hemorrhages, ischemic stroke, and traumatic brain injury, which are associated with high morbidity, complexity of treatment, and cost. Quality improvement initiatives have been successful in improving many aspects of NCC patient care, and NCC providers should continue to update and standardize their practices with consideration of this data. More research is needed to continue to identify high-risk and high-cost NCCU structures and processes and strategies to optimize them, validate current NCC PMs, and encourage clinical adoption of those that prove to be associated with improved outcomes.
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Daniel D, Santos D, Maillie L, Dhamoon MS. Variability in intensive care utilization for intracerebral hemorrhage in the United States: Retrospective cohort study. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis 2022; 31:106619. [PMID: 35780718 DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2022.106619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2022] [Revised: 06/21/2022] [Accepted: 06/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES There are urban-rural geographic health disparities in intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) outcomes. However, there is limited data regarding the relationship between intensive care (ICU) availability and ICH outcomes. We examined whether ICU availability was a significant contributor to ICH outcomes by US geographic region. MATERIALS AND METHODS We used de-identified Medicare inpatient datasets from January 2016 to December 2019 and identified all index ICH admissions, stratifying by ICU care received during the hospitalization. Distributions of teaching hospital status, quartile of ICH volume, hospital urban-rural designation, and ICU availability were obtained using chi-square test. Propensity-score matching was utilized to compare outcomes of more favorable outcome, inpatient mortality, and 30-day all-cause readmissions by ICU availability at each hospital. RESULTS Out of a total of 119,891 hospitalizations for ICH, 66,306 (55.3%) received ICU-level care. Of hospitals that treated at least one ICH, 42.6% did not provide ICU level care for any ICH admission during the study period. Teaching hospitals (48.0% vs 7.0%; p<0.0001), hospitals with higher ICH case volumes (p<0.0001) and in larger metropolitan areas (p<0.0001) were more likely to have an ICU available. Propensity score-matched models showed that hospital ICU availability was associated with a lower likelihood of inpatient mortality (29.4% vs 33.7%; p=0.0016) CONCLUSIONS: Rural-urban disparities in ICH outcomes are likely multifactorial, but ICU availability likely contributes to the disparity. Additional studies are necessary to elucidate other contributing mechanisms.
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- David Daniel
- Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States.
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Greenberg SM, Ziai WC, Cordonnier C, Dowlatshahi D, Francis B, Goldstein JN, Hemphill JC, Johnson R, Keigher KM, Mack WJ, Mocco J, Newton EJ, Ruff IM, Sansing LH, Schulman S, Selim MH, Sheth KN, Sprigg N, Sunnerhagen KS. 2022 Guideline for the Management of Patients With Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage: A Guideline From the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. Stroke 2022; 53:e282-e361. [PMID: 35579034 DOI: 10.1161/str.0000000000000407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 305] [Impact Index Per Article: 152.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- AHA Stroke Council Scientific Statement Oversight Committee on Clinical Practice Guideline liaison
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- AHA Stroke Council Stroke Performance Measures Oversight Committee liaison
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- AHA Stroke Council Scientific Statement Oversight Committee on Clinical Practice Guideline liaison.,AAN representative
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Neurosurgery. Perioper Med (Lond) 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-323-56724-4.00037-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Neurocritical Care Resource Utilization in Pandemics: A Statement by the Neurocritical Care Society. Neurocrit Care 2021; 33:13-19. [PMID: 32468327 PMCID: PMC7255702 DOI: 10.1007/s12028-020-01001-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Sewalt CA, Gravesteijn BY, Menon D, Lingsma HF, Maas AIR, Stocchetti N, Venema E, Lecky FE. Primary versus early secondary referral to a specialized neurotrauma center in patients with moderate/severe traumatic brain injury: a CENTER TBI study. Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 2021; 29:113. [PMID: 34348784 PMCID: PMC8340517 DOI: 10.1186/s13049-021-00930-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2021] [Accepted: 07/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Background Prehospital care for patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) varies with some emergency medical systems recommending direct transport of patients with moderate to severe TBI to hospitals with specialist neurotrauma care (SNCs). The aim of this study is to assess variation in levels of early secondary referral within European SNCs and to compare the outcomes of directly admitted and secondarily transferred patients. Methods Patients with moderate and severe TBI (Glasgow Coma Scale < 13) from the prospective European CENTER-TBI study were included in this study. All participating hospitals were specialist neuroscience centers. First, adjusted between-country differences were analysed using random effects logistic regression where early secondary referral was the dependent variable, and a random intercept for country was included. Second, the adjusted effect of early secondary referral on survival to hospital discharge and functional outcome [6 months Glasgow Outcome Scale Extended (GOSE)] was estimated using logistic and ordinal mixed effects models, respectively. Results A total of 1347 moderate/severe TBI patients from 53 SNCs in 18 European countries were included. Of these 1347 patients, 195 (14.5%) were admitted after early secondary referral. Secondarily referred moderate/severe TBI patients presented more often with a CT abnormality: mass lesion (52% vs. 34%), midline shift (54% vs. 36%) and acute subdural hematoma (77% vs. 65%). After adjusting for case-mix, there was a large European variation in early secondary referral, with a median OR of 1.69 between countries. Early secondary referral was not associated with functional outcome (adjusted OR 1.07, 95% CI 0.78–1.69), nor with survival at discharge (1.05, 0.58–1.90). Conclusions Across Europe, substantial practice variation exists in the proportion of secondarily referred TBI patients at SNCs that is not explained by case mix. Within SNCs early secondary referral does not seem to impact functional outcome and survival after stabilisation in a non-specialised hospital. Future research should identify which patients with TBI truly benefit from direct transportation. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s13049-021-00930-1.
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- Charlie Aletta Sewalt
- Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC Medical Center, Postbus 2040, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC Medical Center, Postbus 2040, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Anesthesiology, Erasmus MC Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Division of Anaesthesia, Addenbrooke's Hospital, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC Medical Center, Postbus 2040, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Antwerp University Hospital, and University of Antwerp, Edegem, Belgium
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- Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Milan University, and Neuroscience ICU, Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC Medical Center, Postbus 2040, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Neurology, Erasmus MC Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Center for Urgent and Emergency Care Research (CURE), Health Services Research Section, School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR), University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Review of the Pathophysiology and Management Strategies. Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep 2021; 21:50. [PMID: 34308493 DOI: 10.1007/s11910-021-01136-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage remains a devastating disease process despite medical advances made over the past 3 decades. Much of the focus was on prevention and treatment of vasospasm to reduce delayed cerebral ischemia and improve outcome. In recent years, there has been a shift of focus onto early brain injury as the precursor to delayed cerebral ischemia. This review will focus on the most recent data surrounding the pathophysiology of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage and current management strategies. RECENT FINDINGS There is a paucity of successful trials in the management of subarachnoid hemorrhage likely related to the targeting of vasospasm. Pathophysiological changes occurring at the time of aneurysmal rupture lead to early brain injury including cerebral edema, inflammation, and spreading depolarization. These events result in microvascular collapse, vasospasm, and ultimately delayed cerebral ischemia. Management of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage has remained the same over the past few decades. No recent trials have resulted in new treatments. However, our understanding of the pathophysiology is rapidly expanding and will advise future therapeutic targets.
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Bensa M, Xavier F, Facca S, Liverneaux P. Iatrogenic hand trauma in institutionalized brain-injured patients: About 2 cases. ANN CHIR PLAST ESTH 2021; 66:406-409. [PMID: 34229910 DOI: 10.1016/j.anplas.2021.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2021] [Revised: 06/11/2021] [Accepted: 06/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The objective of this work was to draw the attention of caretakers for institutionalized brain-injured patients to the risk of iatrogenic trauma associated with improper manipulation of the fingers during hand opening for grooming. Two clinical cases of chronic open dislocation of the thumb and the fifth finger in institutionalized brain-injured patients were reviewed. Interrogation of the patients and their relatives did not reveal either the date or the mechanism of the injury. In the light of these two cases, it appears that better training of caretakers should make it possible to avoid iatrogenic trauma during hygiene care of institutionalized brain-injured patients.
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- M Bensa
- Department of Hand Surgery, Strasbourg University Hospitals, FMTS, 1, avenue Molière, 67200 Strasbourg, France.
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- Department of Orthopedic Pediatric Surgery, Morvan Hospital, Brest, France.
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- Department of Hand Surgery, Strasbourg University Hospitals, FMTS, 1, avenue Molière, 67200 Strasbourg, France; ICube CNRS UMR7357, Strasbourg University, 2-4, rue Boussingault, 67000 Strasbourg, France.
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- Department of Hand Surgery, Strasbourg University Hospitals, FMTS, 1, avenue Molière, 67200 Strasbourg, France; ICube CNRS UMR7357, Strasbourg University, 2-4, rue Boussingault, 67000 Strasbourg, France.
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Sun MZ, Babayan D, Chen JS, Wang MM, Naik PK, Reitz K, Li JJ, Pouratian N, Kim W. Postoperative Admission of Adult Craniotomy Patients to the Neuroscience Ward Reduces Length of Stay and Cost. Neurosurgery 2021; 89:85-93. [PMID: 33862627 DOI: 10.1093/neuros/nyab089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2019] [Accepted: 12/13/2020] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The neurointensive care unit (NICU) has traditionally been the default recovery unit after elective craniotomies. OBJECTIVE To assess whether admitting adult patients without significant comorbidities to the neuroscience ward (NW) instead of NICU for recovery resulted in similar clinical outcome while reducing length of stay (LOS) and hospitalization cost. METHODS We retrospectively analyzed the clinical and cost data of adult patients undergoing supratentorial craniotomy at a university hospital within a 5-yr period who had a LOS less than 7 d. We compared those admitted to the NICU for 1 night of recovery versus those directly admitted to the NW. RESULTS The NICU and NW groups included 340 and 209 patients, respectively, and were comparable in terms of age, ethnicity, overall health, and expected LOS. NW admissions had shorter LOS (3.046 vs 3.586 d, P < .001), and independently predicted shorter LOS in multivariate analysis. While the NICU group had longer surgeries (6.8 vs 6.4 h), there was no statistically significant difference in the cost of surgery. The NW group was associated with reduced hospitalization cost by $3193 per admission on average (P < .001). Clinically, there were no statistically significant differences in the rate of return to Operating Room, Emergency Department readmission, or hospital readmission within 30 d. CONCLUSION Admitting adult craniotomy patients without significant comorbidities, who are expected to have short LOS, to NW was associated with reduced LOS and total cost of admission, without significant differences in postoperative clinical outcome.
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- Matthew Z Sun
- Department of Neurosurgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Statistics, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Patel NM, Tran QK, Capobianco P, Traynor T, Armahizer MJ, Motta M, Parikh GY, Badjatia N, Chang WT, Morris NA. Triage of Patients with Intracerebral Hemorrhage to Comprehensive Versus Primary Stroke Centers. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis 2021; 30:105672. [PMID: 33730599 DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2021.105672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2020] [Revised: 01/28/2021] [Accepted: 02/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES The management of patients admitted with intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) mostly occurs in an ICU. While guidelines recommend initial treatment of these patients in a neurocritical care or stroke unit, there is limited data on which patients would benefit most from transfer to a comprehensive stroke center where on-site neurosurgical coverage is available 24/7. As neurocritical units become more common in primary stroke centers, it is important to determine which patients are most likely to require neurosurgical intervention and transfer to comprehensive stroke centers. MATERIALS AND METHODS This is a retrospective observational cohort study conducted at an academic comprehensive stroke center in the United States. Four-hundred-fifty-nine consecutive patients transferred or directly admitted to the neurocritical care unit from 2016-2018 with the primary diagnosis of ICH were included. Univariate statistics and multivariate regression were used to identify clinical characteristics associated with neurosurgical intervention, defined as undergoing craniotomy, ventriculostomy, or endovascular embolization of an arteriovenous malformation (AVM). RESULTS The following variables were associated with neurosurgical intervention in multivariate analysis: age (OR 0.38, 95% CI 0.27-0.55), admission Glasgow Coma Scale (OR 0.29, 95% CI 0.18-0.48), the presence of intraventricular hemorrhage (OR 2.82, CI 1.71-4.65), infratentorial location of ICH (OR 2.28, 95% CI 1.20-4.31), previous antiplatelet use (OR 2.04, 95% CI 1.24-3.34), and an AVM indicated on CT Angiogram (OR 2.59, 95% CI 1.19-5.63) were independently associated with the need for neurosurgical intervention. This was translated into a scoring system to help make quick triage decisions, with high sensitivity (99%, 95% CI 97-99%) and negative predictive value (98%, 95% CI 89-99%). CONCLUSIONS Using previously well described predictors of severity in ICH patients, we were able to develop a scoring system to predict the need for neurosurgical intervention with high sensitivity and negative predictive value.
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- Nikhil M Patel
- Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Carolinas Medical Center, Atrium Health, Charlotte, NC USA.
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Program in Trauma, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD USA
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- Research Associate Program in Emergency Medicine and Critical Care, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD USA
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- Research Associate Program in Emergency Medicine and Critical Care, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD USA
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland USA
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- Department of Neurology, Program in Trauma, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD USA
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- Department of Neurology, Program in Trauma, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD USA
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- Department of Neurology, Program in Trauma, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD USA
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- Department of Neurology, Program in Trauma, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD USA
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- Department of Neurology, Program in Trauma, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD USA
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Neurological Critical Care: The Evolution of Cerebrovascular Critical Care. Crit Care Med 2021; 49:881-900. [PMID: 33653976 DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0000000000004933] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Kaplan L, Moheet AM, Livesay SL, Provencio JJ, Suarez JI, Bader MK, Bailey H, Chang CWJ. A Perspective from the Neurocritical Care Society and the Society of Critical Care Medicine: Team-Based Care for Neurological Critical Illness. Neurocrit Care 2021; 32:369-372. [PMID: 32043264 DOI: 10.1007/s12028-020-00927-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The Neurocritical Care Society and the Society of Critical Care Medicine have worked together to create a perspective regarding the Standards of Neurologic Critical Care Units (Moheet et al. in Neurocrit Care 29:145-160, 2018). The most neurologically ill or injured patients warrant the highest standard of care available; this supports the need for defining and establishing specialized neurological critical care units. Rather than interpreting the Standards as being exclusionary, it is most appropriate to embrace them in the setting of team-based care. Since there are many more patients than there are highly specialized beds, collaborative care and appropriate transfer agreements are essential in promoting excellent patient outcomes. This viewpoint addresses areas of clarification and emphasizes the need for collegiality and partnership in delivering the best specialty critical care to our patients.
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- Lewis Kaplan
- Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Corporal Michael J Crescenz VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Neuroscience Institute/Neurocritical Care, The Queen's Medical Center Neuroscience Institute, Honolulu, HI, 96813, USA.
- John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, USA.
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Horak RV, Alexander PM, Amirnovin R, Klein MJ, Bronicki RA, Markovitz BP, McBride ME, Randolph AG, Thiagarajan RR. Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Distribution, Service Delivery, and Staffing in the United States in 2018. Pediatr Crit Care Med 2020; 21:797-803. [PMID: 32886459 DOI: 10.1097/pcc.0000000000002413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To assess the distribution, service delivery, and staffing of pediatric cardiac intensive care in the United States. DESIGN Based on a 2016 national PICU survey, and verified through online searching and clinician networking, medical centers were identified with a separate cardiac ICU or mixed ICU. These centers were sent a structured web-based survey up to four times, with follow-up by mail and phone for nonresponders. SETTING Cardiac ICUs were defined as specialized units, specifically for the treatment of children with life-threatening primary cardiac conditions. Mixed ICUs were defined as separate units, specifically for the treatment of children with life-threatening conditions, including primary cardiac disease. PARTICIPANTS Cardiac ICU or mixed ICU physician medical directors or designees. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS One-hundred twenty ICUs were identified: 61 (51%) were mixed ICUs and 59 (49%) were cardiac ICUs. Seventy five percent of institutions at least sometimes used a neonatal ICU prior to surgery. The most common temporary cardiac support beyond extracorporeal membrane oxygenation was a centrifugal pump such as Centrimag. Durable cardiac support devices were far more common in separate cardiac ICUs (84% vs 20%; p < 0.0001). Significantly less availability of electrophysiology, heart failure, and cardiac anesthesia consultation was available in mixed ICUs (p = 0.0003, p < 0.0001, p = 0.042 respectively). ICU attending physicians were in-house day and night 98% of the time in mixed ICUs and 87% of the time in cardiac ICUs. Nurse practitioners were consistent front-line providers in the ICUs caring for children with primary cardiac disease staffing 88% of cardiac ICUs and 56% of mixed ICUs. Mixed ICUs were more commonly staffed with pediatric residents, and critical care fellows were found in more cardiac ICUs (83% vs 77%; p < 0.0001). CONCLUSIONS Mixed ICUs and cardiac ICUs have statistically different staffing models and available services. More evaluation is needed to understand how this may impact patient outcomes and training programs of physicians and nurses.
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- Robin V Horak
- Department of Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA.,Department of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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- Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA.,Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Department of Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA.,Department of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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- Department of Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Section of Critical Care Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX.,Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
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- Department of Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA.,Department of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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- Department of Pediatrics and Medical Education, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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- Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA.,Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA.,Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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Focused Subspecialty Critical Care Training Is Superior for Trainees and Patients. Crit Care Med 2020; 47:1645-1647. [PMID: 31393322 DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0000000000003962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Impact on Patient Outcomes of Pharmacist Participation in Multidisciplinary Critical Care Teams: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Crit Care Med 2020; 47:1243-1250. [PMID: 31135496 DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0000000000003830] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The objective of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to assess the effects of including critical care pharmacists in multidisciplinary ICU teams on clinical outcomes including mortality, ICU length of stay, and adverse drug events. DATA SOURCES PubMed, EMBASE, and references from previous relevant systematic studies. STUDY SELECTION We included randomized controlled trials and nonrandomized studies that reported clinical outcomes such as mortality, ICU length of stay, and adverse drug events in groups with and without critical care pharmacist interventions. DATA EXTRACTION We extracted study details, patient characteristics, and clinical outcomes. DATA SYNTHESIS From the 4,725 articles identified as potentially eligible, 14 were included in the analysis. Intervention of critical care pharmacists as part of the multidisciplinary ICU team care was significantly associated with the reduced likelihood of mortality (odds ratio, 0.78; 95% CI, 0.73-0.83; p < 0.00001) compared with no intervention. The mean difference in ICU length of stay was -1.33 days (95% CI, -1.75 to -0.90 d; p < 0.00001) for mixed ICUs. The reduction of adverse drug event prevalence was also significantly associated with multidisciplinary team care involving pharmacist intervention (odds ratio for preventable and nonpreventable adverse drug events, 0.26; 95% CI, 0.15-0.44; p < 0.00001 and odds ratio, 0.47; 95% CI, 0.28-0.77; p = 0.003, respectively). CONCLUSIONS Including critical care pharmacists in the multidisciplinary ICU team improved patient outcomes including mortality, ICU length of stay in mixed ICUs, and preventable/nonpreventable adverse drug events.
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Clinical characteristics and outcomes of methamphetamine-associated versus non-methamphetamine intracerebral hemorrhage. Sci Rep 2020; 10:6375. [PMID: 32286468 PMCID: PMC7156410 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-63480-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2020] [Accepted: 03/31/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Methamphetamine use has emerged as a risk factor for intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). We aim to investigate the clinical characteristics and outcomes of methamphetamine-associated ICH (Meth-ICH) versus Non-Meth-ICH. Patients with ICH between January 2011 and December 2017 were studied. Meth-ICH and Non-Meth-ICH were defined by history of abuse and urine drug screen (UDS). The clinical features of the 2 groups were explored. Among the 677 consecutive patients, 61 (9.0%) were identified as Meth-ICH and 350 as Non-Meth ICH. Meth-ICH was more common in Hispanics (14.6%) and Whites (10.1%) as compared to Asians (1.2%). Patients with Meth-ICH were more often younger (51.2 vs. 62.2 years, p < 0.001), male (77.0% vs. 61.4.0%, p < 0.05), and smokers (44.3% vs. 13.4%, p < 0.001). Non-Meth-ICH was more likely to have history of hypertension (72.61% v. 59%, p < 0.05) or antithrombotic use (10.9% vs. 1.6%, p < 0.05). There was no significant difference in clinical severity, hospital length of stay (LOS), rate of functional independence (29.5% vs. 25.7%, p = 0.534), or mortality (18.0% vs. 24.6%, p = 0.267) between the 2 groups. Methamphetamine use was not an independent predictor of poor outcome. Despite difference in demographics, Meth-ICH is similar to Non-Meth ICH in hospital course and outcome.
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Legrand M, Barraud D, Constant I, Devauchelle P, Donat N, Fontaine M, Goffinet L, Hoffmann C, Jeanne M, Jonqueres J, Leclerc T, Lefort H, Louvet N, Losser MR, Lucas C, Pantet O, Roquilly A, Rousseau AF, Soussi S, Wiramus S, Gayat E, Blet A. Management of severe thermal burns in the acute phase in adults and children. Anaesth Crit Care Pain Med 2020; 39:253-267. [PMID: 32147581 DOI: 10.1016/j.accpm.2020.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To provide recommendations to facilitate the management of severe thermal burns during the acute phase in adults and children. DESIGN A committee of 20 experts was asked to produce recommendations in six fields of burn management, namely, (1) assessment, admission to specialised burns centres, and telemedicine; (2) haemodynamic management; (3) airway management and smoke inhalation; (4) anaesthesia and analgesia; (5) burn wound treatments; and (6) other treatments. At the start of the recommendation-formulation process, a formal conflict-of-interest policy was developed and enforced throughout the process. The entire process was conducted independently of any industry funding. The experts drew up a list of questions that were formulated according to the PICO model (Population, Intervention, Comparison, and Outcomes). Two bibliography experts per field analysed the literature published from January 2000 onwards using predefined keywords according to PRISMA recommendations. The quality of data from the selected literature was assessed using GRADE® methodology. Due to the current paucity of sufficiently powered studies regarding hard outcomes (i.e. mortality), the recommendations are based on expert opinion. RESULTS The SFAR guidelines panel generated 24 statements regarding the management of acute burn injuries in adults and children. After two scoring rounds and one amendment, strong agreement was reached for all recommendations. CONCLUSION Substantial agreement was reached among a large cohort of experts regarding numerous strong recommendations to optimise the management of acute burn injuries in adults and children.
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- Matthieu Legrand
- Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Care, University of California, San Francisco, United States.
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- Hôpital de Mercy, Intensive Care Medicine and Burn Centre, CHR Metz-Thionville, Ars-Laquenexy, France
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- Anaesthesiology Department, Hôpital Armand-Trousseau, Sorbonne Université, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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- Burn Centre, Percy Military Teaching Hospital, Clamart, France
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- Burn Intensive Care Unit, Saint-Joseph Saint-Luc Hospital, 20, quai Claude-Bernard, 69007 Lyon, France
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- Paediatric Burn Centre, University Hospital of Nancy, 54511 Vandœuvre-Lès-Nancy, France
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- CHU Lille, Anaesthesia and Critical Care, Burn Centre, 59000 Lille, France; University of Lille, Inserm, CHU Lille, CIC 1403, 59000 Lille, France; University of Lille, EA 7365 - GRITA, 59000 Lille, France
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- Burn Intensive Care Unit, Saint-Joseph Saint-Luc Hospital, 20, quai Claude-Bernard, 69007 Lyon, France
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- Burn Centre, Percy Military Teaching Hospital, Clamart, France
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- Department of emergency medicine, Legouest Military Teaching Hospital, Metz, France
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- Anaesthesiology Department, Hôpital Armand-Trousseau, Sorbonne Université, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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- Hôpital de Mercy, Intensive Care Medicine and Burn Centre, CHR Metz-Thionville, Ars-Laquenexy, France; Paediatric Burn Centre, University Hospital of Nancy, 54511 Vandœuvre-Lès-Nancy, France; Inserm UMR 1116, Team 2, 54000 Nancy, France; University of Lorraine, 54000 Nancy, France
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Critical Care and Burn Centre, Lariboisière-Saint-Louis Hospitals, DMU Parabol, AP-HP Nord, University of Paris, Paris, France
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- Service of Adult Intensive Care Medicine and Burns, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), BH 08-651, Rue du Bugnon 46, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, Hôtel-Dieu, University Hospital of Nantes, Nantes, France; Laboratoire UPRES EA 3826 "Thérapeutiques cliniques et expérimentales des infections", University of Nantes, Nantes, France
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Critical Care and Burn Centre, Lariboisière-Saint-Louis Hospitals, DMU Parabol, AP-HP Nord, University of Paris, Paris, France; Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care, Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science and Institute of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine and Burn Centre, University Hospital of Marseille, La Timone Hospital, Marseille, France
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Critical Care and Burn Centre, Lariboisière-Saint-Louis Hospitals, DMU Parabol, AP-HP Nord, University of Paris, Paris, France; Inserm UMR-S 942, Cardiovascular Markers in Stress Conditions (MASCOT), University of Paris, Paris, France
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Critical Care and Burn Centre, Lariboisière-Saint-Louis Hospitals, DMU Parabol, AP-HP Nord, University of Paris, Paris, France; Inserm UMR-S 942, Cardiovascular Markers in Stress Conditions (MASCOT), University of Paris, Paris, France; Department of Research, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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Busl KM, Bleck TP, Varelas PN. Neurocritical Care Outcomes, Research, and Technology: A Review. JAMA Neurol 2020; 76:612-618. [PMID: 30667464 DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2018.4407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Importance Neurocritical care has grown into an organized specialty that may have consequences for patient care, outcomes, research, and neurointensive care (neuroICU) technology. Observations Neurocritical care improves care and outcomes of the patients who are neurocritically ill, and neuroICUs positively affect the financial state of health care systems. The development of neurocritical care as a recognized subspecialty has fostered multidisciplinary research, neuromonitoring, and neurocritical care information technology, with advances and innovations in practice and progress. Conclusions and Relevance Neurocritical care has become an important part of health systems and an established subspecialty of neurology. Understanding its structure, scope of practice, consequences for care, and research are important.
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- Katharina Maria Busl
- NeuroIntensive Care Unit, University of Florida Health Shands Hospital, Gainesville.,Department of Neurology, Division of Neurocritical Care, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville
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- Rush University Medical Center, Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois
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- Neurosciences Critical Care Services, Neuro-Intensive Care Unit, Henry Ford Hospital, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
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Kim SH, Yum KS, Jeong JH, Choi JH, Park HS, Song YJ, Kim DH, Cha JK, Han MK. Impact of Neurointensivist Co-Management in a Semiclosed Neurocritical-Care Unit. J Clin Neurol 2020; 16:681-687. [PMID: 33029976 PMCID: PMC7541986 DOI: 10.3988/jcn.2020.16.4.681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2020] [Revised: 08/19/2020] [Accepted: 08/19/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Background and Purpose The importance of the specialized management of neurocritical patients is being increasingly recognized. We evaluated the impact of neurointensivist comanagement on the clinical outcomes (particularly the mortality rate) of neurocritical patients admitted to a semiclosed neurocritical-care unit (NCU). Methods We retrospectively included neurocritical patients admitted to the NCU between March 2015 and February 2018. We analyzed the clinical data and compared the outcomes between patients admitted before and after the initiation of neurointensivist co-management in March 2016. Results There were 1,785 patients admitted to the NCU during the study period. Patients younger than 18 years (n=28) or discharged within 48 hours (n=200) were excluded. The 1,557 remaining patients comprised 590 and 967 who were admitted to the NCU before and after the initiation of co-management, respectively. Patients admitted under neurointensivist co-management were older and had higher Acute Physiologic Assessment and Chronic Health Evaluation II scores. The 30-day mortality rate was significantly lower after neurointensivist co-management (p=0.042). A multivariate logistic regression analysis demonstrated that neurointensivist co-management significantly reduced mortality rates in the NCU and in the hospital overall [odds ratio=0.590 (p=0.002) and 0.585 (p=0.001), respectively]. Conclusions Despite the higher severity of the condition during neurointensivist co-management, co-management significantly improved clinical outcomes (including the mortality rate) in neurocritical patients.
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- Sang Hwa Kim
- Department of Neurosurgery, Dong-A University Hospital, Dong-A University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Chungbuk National University Hospital, Cheongju, Korea
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Dong-A University Hospital, Dong-A University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea.,Department of Neurology, Dong-A University Hospital, Dong-A University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea.,Stroke Center, Dong-A University Hospital, Busan, Korea.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Dong-A University Hospital, Dong-A University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea.,Stroke Center, Dong-A University Hospital, Busan, Korea
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Dong-A University Hospital, Dong-A University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea.,Stroke Center, Dong-A University Hospital, Busan, Korea
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Dong-A University Hospital, Dong-A University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Dong-A University Hospital, Dong-A University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea.,Stroke Center, Dong-A University Hospital, Busan, Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Dong-A University Hospital, Dong-A University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea.,Stroke Center, Dong-A University Hospital, Busan, Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea
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Helal AE, Abouzahra H, Fayed AA, Rayan T, Abbassy M. Socioeconomic restraints and brain tumor surgery in low-income countries. Neurosurg Focus 2019; 45:E11. [PMID: 30269590 DOI: 10.3171/2018.7.focus18258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Healthcare spending has become a grave concern to national budgets worldwide, and to a greater extent in low-income countries. Brain tumors are a serious disease that affects a significant percentage of the population, and thus proper allocation of healthcare provisions for these patients to achieve acceptable outcomes is a must. The authors reviewed patients undergoing craniotomy for tumor resection at their institution for the preceding 3 months. All the methods used for preoperative planning, intraoperative management, and postoperative care of these patients were documented. Compromises to limit spending were made at each stage to limit expenditure, including low-resolution MRI, sparse use of intraoperative monitoring and image guidance, and lack of dedicated postoperative neurocritical ICU. This study included a cohort of 193 patients. The average cost from diagnosis to discharge was $1795 per patient (costs are expressed in USD). On average, there was a mortality rate of 10.5% and a neurological morbidity rate of 14%, of whom only 82.2% improved on discharge or at follow-up. The average length of stay at the hospital for these patients was 9.09 days, with a surgical site infection rate of only 3.5%. The authors believe that despite the great number of financial limitations facing neurosurgical practice in low-income countries, surgery can still be performed with reasonable outcomes.
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Building a Case for a Neurocritical Care Unit. Neurocrit Care 2019. [DOI: 10.1017/9781107587908.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Intracerebral Hemorrhage in the Neurocritical Care Unit. Neurocrit Care 2019. [DOI: 10.1017/9781107587908.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Viderman D, Bilotta F, Umbetzhanov Y, Zhumadilov A. Can neurointensive care units decrease mortality rate and improve outcome of neurocritically ill patients in developing countries? TRENDS IN ANAESTHESIA AND CRITICAL CARE 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tacc.2019.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Cruz-Flores S, Rodriguez GJ, Chaudhry MRA, Qureshi IA, Qureshi MA, Piriyawat P, Vellipuram AR, Khatri R, Kassar D, Maud A. Racial/ethnic disparities in hospital utilization in intracerebral hemorrhage. Int J Stroke 2019; 14:686-695. [DOI: 10.1177/1747493019835335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Background and purpose There is evidence that racial and ethnic differences among intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) patients exist. We sought to establish the occurrence of disparities in hospital utilization in the United States. Methods We identified ICH patients from United States Nationwide Inpatient Sample database for years 2006–2014 using codes (DX1 = 431, 432.0) from the International Classification of Diseases, 9th edition. We compared five race/ethnic categories: White, Black, Hispanic, Asian or Pacific Islander, and Others ( Native American and other) with regard to demographics, comorbidities, disease severity, in-hospital complications, in-hospital procedures, length of stay (LOS), total hospital charges, in-hospital mortality, palliative care, (PC) and do not resuscitate (DNR). We categorized procedures as lifesaving (i.e. ventriculostomy, craniotomy, craniectomy, and ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt), life sustaining (i.e. mechanical ventilation, tracheostomy, transfusions, and gastrostomy). White race/ethnicity was set as the reference group. Results Out of 710,293 hospitalized patients with ICH 470,539 (66.2%), 114,821 (16.2%), 66,451 (9.3%), 30,297 (4.3%) and 28,185 (3.9%) were White, Black, Hispanic, Asian or Pacific Islander, and Others, respectively. Minorities (Black, Hispanic, Asian or Pacific Islander, and Others) had a higher rate of in-hospital complications, in-hospital procedures, mean LOS, and hospital charges compared to Whites. In contrast, Whites had a higher rate of in-hospital mortality, PC, and DNR. In multivariable analysis, all minorities had higher rate of MV, tracheostomy, transfusions, and gastrostomy compared to Whites, while Hispanics had higher rate of craniectomy and VP shunt; and Asian or Pacific Islander and Others had higher rate of craniectomy. Whites had a higher rate of in-hospital mortality, palliative care, and DNR compared to minorities. In mediation analysis, in-hospital mortality for whites remained high after adjusting with PC and DNR. Conclusion Minorities had greater utilization of lifesaving and life sustaining procedures, and longer LOS. Whites had greater utilization of palliative care, hospice, and higher in-hospital mortality. These results may reflect differences in culture or access to care and deserve further study.
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- Salvador Cruz-Flores
- Department of Neurology, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, El Paso, TX, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, El Paso, TX, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, El Paso, TX, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, El Paso, TX, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, El Paso, TX, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, El Paso, TX, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, El Paso, TX, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, El Paso, TX, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, El Paso, TX, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, El Paso, TX, USA
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Akavipat P, Thinkhamrop J, Thinkhamrop B, Sriraj W. ACUTE PHYSIOLOGY AND CHRONIC HEALTH EVALUATION (APACHE) II SCORE - THE CLINICAL PREDICTOR IN NEUROSURGICAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT. Acta Clin Croat 2019; 58:50-56. [PMID: 31363325 PMCID: PMC6629196 DOI: 10.20471/acc.2019.58.01.07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The APACHE II scoring system is approved for its benchmarking and mortality predictions, but there are only a few articles published to demonstrate it in neurosurgical patients. Therefore, this study was performed to acknowledge this score and its predictive performance to hospital mortality in a tertiary referral neurosurgical intensive care unit (ICU). All patients admitted to the Neurosurgical ICU from February 1 to July 31, 2011 were recruited. The parameters indicated in APACHE II score were collected. The adjusted predicted risk of death was calculated and compared with the death rate observed. Descriptive statistics including the receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) was performed. The results showed that 276 patients were admitted during the mentioned period. The APACHE II score was 16.56 (95% CI, 15.84-17.29) and 19.08 (95% CI, 15.40-22.76) in survivors and non-survivors, while the adjusted predicted death rates were 13.39% (95% CI, 11.83-14.95) and 17.49% (95% CI, 9.81-25.17), respectively. The observed mortality was only 4.35%. The area under the ROC of APACHE II score to the hospital mortality was 0.62 (95% CI, 0.44-0.79). In conclusion, not only the APACHE II score in neurosurgical patients indicated low severity, but its performance to predict hospital mortality was also inferior. Additional studies of predicting mortality among these critical patients should be undertaken.
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- 1Anesthesiology Department, Prasat Neurological Institute, Bangkok, Thailand; 2Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand; 3Department of Biostatistics and Demography, Faculty of Public Health, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand; 4Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand
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- 1Anesthesiology Department, Prasat Neurological Institute, Bangkok, Thailand; 2Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand; 3Department of Biostatistics and Demography, Faculty of Public Health, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand; 4Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand
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- 1Anesthesiology Department, Prasat Neurological Institute, Bangkok, Thailand; 2Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand; 3Department of Biostatistics and Demography, Faculty of Public Health, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand; 4Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand
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Roberts DJ, Leonard SD, Stein DM, Williams GW, Wade CE, Cotton BA. Can trauma surgeons keep up? A prospective cohort study comparing outcomes between patients with traumatic brain injury cared for in a trauma versus neuroscience intensive care unit. Trauma Surg Acute Care Open 2019; 4:e000229. [PMID: 30899790 PMCID: PMC6407533 DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2018-000229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2018] [Revised: 01/09/2019] [Accepted: 01/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Background Although many patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) are admitted to trauma intensive care units (ICUs), some question whether outcomes would improve if their care was provided in neurocritical care units. We sought to compare characteristics and outcomes of patients with TBI admitted to and cared for in a trauma versus neuroscience ICU. Methods We conducted a prospective cohort study of adult (≥18 years of age) blunt trauma patients with TBI admitted to a trauma versus neuroscience ICU between May 2015 and December 2016. We used multivariable logistic regression to estimate an adjusted odds ratio (OR) comparing 30-day mortality between cohorts. Results In total, 548 patients were included in the study, including 207 (38%) who were admitted to the trauma ICU and 341 (62%) to the neuroscience ICU. When compared with neuroscience ICU admissions, patients admitted to the trauma ICU were more likely to have sustained their injuries from a high-speed mechanism (71% vs. 34%) and had a higher Injury Severity Score (ISS) (median 25 vs. 16) despite a similar head Abbreviated Injury Scale score (3 vs. 3, p=0.47) (all p<0.05). Trauma ICU patients also had a lower initial Glasgow Coma Scale score (5 vs. 15) and systolic blood pressure (128 mm Hg vs. 136 mm Hg) and were more likely to have fixed or unequal pupils at admission (13% vs. 8%) (all p<0.05). After adjusting for age, ISS, a high-speed mechanism of injury, fixed or unequal pupils at admission, and field intubation, the odds of 30-day mortality was 70% lower among patients admitted to the trauma versus neuroscience ICU (adjusted OR=0.30, 95% CI 0.11 to 0.82). Conclusions Despite a higher injury burden and worse neurological examination and hemodynamics at presentation, patients admitted to the trauma ICU had a lower adjusted 30-day mortality. This finding may relate to improved care of associated injuries in trauma versus neuroscience ICUs. Level of evidence Prospective comparative study, level II.
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- Derek J Roberts
- Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.,Center for Translational Injury Research, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Center for Translational Injury Research, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, USA.,Department of Surgery, The McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Surgery, The University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, USA.,Department of Neurosurgery, The McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Center for Translational Injury Research, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, USA.,Department of Surgery, The McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Center for Translational Injury Research, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, USA.,Department of Surgery, The McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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Inoue S, Saito M, Kotani J. Immunosenescence in neurocritical care. J Intensive Care 2018; 6:65. [PMID: 30349725 PMCID: PMC6186132 DOI: 10.1186/s40560-018-0333-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2018] [Accepted: 09/20/2018] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Several advanced and developing countries are now entering a superaged society, in which the percentage of elderly people exceeds 20% of the total population. In such an aging society, the number of age-related diseases such as malignant tumors, diabetes, and severe infections including sepsis is increasing, and patients with such disorders often find themselves in the ICU. MAIN BODY Age-related diseases are closely related to age-induced immune dysfunction, by which reductions in the efficiency and specificity of the immune system are collectively termed "immunosenescence." The most noticeable is a decline in the antigen-specific acquired immune response. The exhaustion of T cells in elderly sepsis is related to an increase in nosocomial infections after septicemia, and even death over subacute periods. Another characteristic is that senescent cells that accumulate in body tissues over time cause chronic inflammation through the secretion of proinflammatory cytokines, termed senescence-associated secretory phenotype. Chronic inflammation associated with aging has been called "inflammaging," and similar age-related diseases are becoming an urgent social problem. CONCLUSION In neuro ICUs, several neuro-related diseases including stroke and sepsis-associated encephalopathy are related to immunosenescence and neuroinflammation in the elderly. Several advanced countries with superaged societies face the new challenge of improving the long-term prognosis of neurocritical patients.
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- Shigeaki Inoue
- Department of Disaster and Emergency Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kusunoki-cho 7-5-2, Chuo-ward, Kobe, 650-0017 Japan
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- Department of Disaster and Emergency Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kusunoki-cho 7-5-2, Chuo-ward, Kobe, 650-0017 Japan
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- Department of Disaster and Emergency Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kusunoki-cho 7-5-2, Chuo-ward, Kobe, 650-0017 Japan
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McCarthy JJ, Carr B, Sasson C, Bobrow BJ, Callaway CW, Neumar RW, Ferrer JME, Garvey JL, Ornato JP, Gonzales L, Granger CB, Kleinman ME, Bjerke C, Nichol G. Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Resuscitation Systems of Care: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation 2018; 137:e645-e660. [DOI: 10.1161/cir.0000000000000557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The American Heart Association previously recommended implementation of cardiac resuscitation systems of care that consist of interconnected community, emergency medical services, and hospital efforts to measure and improve the process of care and outcome for patients with cardiac arrest. In addition, the American Heart Association proposed a national process to develop and implement evidence-based guidelines for cardiac resuscitation systems of care. Significant experience has been gained with implementing these systems, and new evidence has accumulated. This update describes recent advances in the science of cardiac resuscitation systems and evidence of their effectiveness, as well as recent progress in dissemination and implementation throughout the United States. Emphasis is placed on evidence published since the original recommendations (ie, including and since 2010).
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Intensive Care Unit Admission for Patients in the INTERACT2 ICH Blood Pressure Treatment Trial: Characteristics, Predictors, and Outcomes. Neurocrit Care 2018; 26:371-378. [PMID: 28000127 DOI: 10.1007/s12028-016-0365-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Wide variation exists in criteria for accessing intensive care unit (ICU) facilities for managing patients with critical illnesses such as acute intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). We aimed to determine the predictors of admission, length of stay, and outcome for ICU among participants of the main Intensive Blood Pressure Reduction in Acute Cerebral Hemorrhage Trial (INTERACT2). METHODS INTERACT2 was an international, open, blinded endpoint, randomized controlled trial of 2839 ICH patients (<6 h) and elevated systolic blood pressure (SBP) allocated to receive intensive (target SBP <140 mmHg within 1 h) or guideline-recommended (target SBP <180 mmHg) BP-lowering treatment. The primary outcome was death or major disability, defined by modified Rankin scale scores 3-6 at 90 days. Logistic regression and propensity score analyses were used to determine independent associations. MAIN RESULTS Predictors of ICU admission included younger age, recruitment in China, prior ischemic/undetermined stroke, high SBP, severe stroke [National Institute of Health stroke scale (NIHSS) score ≥15], large ICH volume (≥15 mL), intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) extension, early neurological deterioration, intubation and surgery. Determinants of prolonged ICU stay (≥5 days) were prior antihypertensive use, NIHSS ≥15, large ICH volume, lobar ICH location, IVH, early neurological deterioration, intubation and surgery. ICU admission was associated with higher-risk major disability at 90-day assessment compared to those without ICU admission. CONCLUSIONS This study presents prognostic variables for ICU management and outcome of ICH patients included in a large international cohort. These data may assist in the selection and counseling of patients and families concerning ICU admission.
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Holland CM, Lovasik BP, Howard BM, McClure EW, Samuels OB, Barrow DL. Interhospital Transfer of Neurosurgical Patients: Implications of Timing on Hospital Course and Clinical Outcomes. Neurosurgery 2018; 81:450-457. [PMID: 28368528 DOI: 10.1093/neuros/nyw124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2015] [Accepted: 11/01/2016] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Interhospital transfer of neurosurgical patients is common; however, little is known about the impact of transfer parameters on clinical outcomes. Lower survival rates have been reported for patients admitted at night and on weekends in other specialties. Whether time or day of admission affects neurosurgical patient outcomes, specifically those transferred from other facilities, is unknown. OBJECTIVE To examine the impact of the timing of interhospital transfer on the hospital course and clinical outcomes of neurosurgical patients. METHODS All consecutive admissions of patients transferred to our adult neurosurgical service were retrospectively analyzed for a 1-year study period using data from a central transfer database and the electronic health record. RESULTS Patients arrived more often at night (70.8%) despite an even distribution of transfer requests. The lack of transfer imaging did not affect length of stay, intervention times, or patient outcomes. Daytime arrivals had shorter total transfer time, but longer intenstive care unit and overall length of stay (8.7 and 11.6 days, respectively), worse modified Rankin Scale scores, lower rates of functional independence, and almost twice the mortality rate. Weekend admissions had significantly worse modified Rankin Scale scores and lower rates of functional independence. CONCLUSIONS The timing of transfer arrivals, both by hour or day of the week, is correlated with the time to intervention, hospital course, and overall patient outcomes. Patients admitted during the weekend suffered worse functional outcomes and a trend towards increased mortality. While transfer logistics clearly impact patient outcomes, further work is needed to understand these complex relationships.
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- Christopher M Holland
- Department of Neurological Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.,Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.,Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.,Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.,Department of Neurology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.,Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
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Better ICU Management by Analysis of Clinical Profile and Outcomes of Neuro-Critical Patients in Neurocritical Care Unit. ARCHIVES OF NEUROSCIENCE 2018. [DOI: 10.5812/archneurosci.61648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Geeraerts T, Velly L, Abdennour L, Asehnoune K, Audibert G, Bouzat P, Bruder N, Carrillon R, Cottenceau V, Cotton F, Courtil-Teyssedre S, Dahyot-Fizelier C, Dailler F, David JS, Engrand N, Fletcher D, Francony G, Gergelé L, Ichai C, Javouhey É, Leblanc PE, Lieutaud T, Meyer P, Mirek S, Orliaguet G, Proust F, Quintard H, Ract C, Srairi M, Tazarourte K, Vigué B, Payen JF. Management of severe traumatic brain injury (first 24hours). Anaesth Crit Care Pain Med 2017; 37:171-186. [PMID: 29288841 DOI: 10.1016/j.accpm.2017.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The latest French Guidelines for the management in the first 24hours of patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) were published in 1998. Due to recent changes (intracerebral monitoring, cerebral perfusion pressure management, treatment of raised intracranial pressure), an update was required. Our objective has been to specify the significant developments since 1998. These guidelines were conducted by a group of experts for the French Society of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine (Société francaise d'anesthésie et de réanimation [SFAR]) in partnership with the Association de neuro-anesthésie-réanimation de langue française (ANARLF), The French Society of Emergency Medicine (Société française de médecine d'urgence (SFMU), the Société française de neurochirurgie (SFN), the Groupe francophone de réanimation et d'urgences pédiatriques (GFRUP) and the Association des anesthésistes-réanimateurs pédiatriques d'expression française (ADARPEF). The method used to elaborate these guidelines was the Grade® method. After two Delphi rounds, 32 recommendations were formally developed by the experts focusing on the evaluation the initial severity of traumatic brain injury, the modalities of prehospital management, imaging strategies, indications for neurosurgical interventions, sedation and analgesia, indications and modalities of cerebral monitoring, medical management of raised intracranial pressure, management of multiple trauma with severe traumatic brain injury, detection and prevention of post-traumatic epilepsia, biological homeostasis (osmolarity, glycaemia, adrenal axis) and paediatric specificities.
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- Thomas Geeraerts
- Pôle anesthésie-réanimation, Inserm, UMR 1214, Toulouse neuroimaging center, ToNIC, université Toulouse 3-Paul Sabatier, CHU de Toulouse, 31059 Toulouse, France.
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- Service d'anesthésie-réanimation, Aix-Marseille université, CHU Timone, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille, 13005 Marseille, France
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- Département d'anesthésie-réanimation, groupe hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, AP-HP, 75013 Paris, France
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- Service d'anesthésie et de réanimation chirurgicale, Hôtel-Dieu, CHU de Nantes, 44093 Nantes cedex 1, France
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- Département d'anesthésie-réanimation, hôpital Central, CHU de Nancy, 54000 Nancy, France
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- Pôle anesthésie-réanimation, CHU Grenoble-Alpes, 38043 Grenoble cedex 9, France
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- Service d'anesthésie-réanimation, Aix-Marseille université, CHU Timone, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille, 13005 Marseille, France
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- Service d'anesthésie-réanimation, hôpital neurologique Pierre-Wertheimer, groupement hospitalier Est, hospices civils de Lyon, 69677 Bron, France
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- Service de réanimation chirurgicale et traumatologique, SAR 1, hôpital Pellegrin, CHU de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Service d'imagerie, centre hospitalier Lyon Sud, hospices civils de Lyon, 69495 Pierre-Bénite cedex, France
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- Service de réanimation pédiatrique, hôpital Femme-Mère-Enfant, hospices civils de Lyon, 69677 Bron, France
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- Service d'anesthésie-réanimation, hôpital neurologique Pierre-Wertheimer, groupement hospitalier Est, hospices civils de Lyon, 69677 Bron, France
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- Service d'anesthésie réanimation, centre hospitalier Lyon Sud, hospices civils de Lyon, 69495 Pierre-Bénite, France
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- Service d'anesthésie-réanimation, Fondation ophtalmologique Adolphe de Rothschild, 75940 Paris cedex 19, France
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- Service d'anesthésie réanimation chirurgicale, hôpital Raymond-Poincaré, université de Versailles Saint-Quentin, AP-HP, Garches, France
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- Pôle anesthésie-réanimation, CHU Grenoble-Alpes, 38043 Grenoble cedex 9, France
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- Département d'anesthésie-réanimation, CHU de Saint-Étienne, 42055 Saint-Étienne, France
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- Service de réanimation médicochirurgicale, UMR 7275, CNRS, Sophia Antipolis, hôpital Pasteur, CHU de Nice, 06000 Nice, France
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- Service de réanimation pédiatrique, hôpital Femme-Mère-Enfant, hospices civils de Lyon, 69677 Bron, France
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- Département d'anesthésie-réanimation, hôpital de Bicêtre, hôpitaux universitaires Paris-Sud, AP-HP, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France; Équipe TIGER, CNRS 1072-Inserm 5288, service d'anesthésie, centre hospitalier de Bourg en Bresse, centre de recherche en neurosciences, Lyon, France
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- UMRESTTE, UMR-T9405, IFSTTAR, université Claude-Bernard de Lyon, Lyon, France; Service d'anesthésie-réanimation, hôpital universitaire Necker-Enfants-Malades, université Paris Descartes, AP-HP, Paris, France
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- EA 08 Paris-Descartes, service de pharmacologie et évaluation des thérapeutiques chez l'enfant et la femme enceinte, 75743 Paris cedex 15, France
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- Service d'anesthésie-réanimation, CHU de Dijon, Dijon, France
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- EA 08 Paris-Descartes, service de pharmacologie et évaluation des thérapeutiques chez l'enfant et la femme enceinte, 75743 Paris cedex 15, France
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- Service de neurochirurgie, hôpital Hautepierre, CHU de Strasbourg, 67098 Strasbourg, France
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- Service de réanimation médicochirurgicale, UMR 7275, CNRS, Sophia Antipolis, hôpital Pasteur, CHU de Nice, 06000 Nice, France
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- Département d'anesthésie-réanimation, hôpital de Bicêtre, hôpitaux universitaires Paris-Sud, AP-HP, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France; Équipe TIGER, CNRS 1072-Inserm 5288, service d'anesthésie, centre hospitalier de Bourg en Bresse, centre de recherche en neurosciences, Lyon, France
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- Pôle anesthésie-réanimation, Inserm, UMR 1214, Toulouse neuroimaging center, ToNIC, université Toulouse 3-Paul Sabatier, CHU de Toulouse, 31059 Toulouse, France
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- SAMU/SMUR, service des urgences, hospices civils de Lyon, hôpital Édouard-Herriot, 69437 Lyon cedex 03, France
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- Département d'anesthésie-réanimation, hôpital de Bicêtre, hôpitaux universitaires Paris-Sud, AP-HP, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France; Équipe TIGER, CNRS 1072-Inserm 5288, service d'anesthésie, centre hospitalier de Bourg en Bresse, centre de recherche en neurosciences, Lyon, France
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- Pôle anesthésie-réanimation, CHU Grenoble-Alpes, 38043 Grenoble cedex 9, France
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Win TS, Nizamoglu M, Maharaj R, Smailes S, El-Muttardi N, Dziewulski P. Relationship between multidisciplinary critical care and burn patients survival: A propensity-matched national cohort analysis. Burns 2017; 44:57-64. [PMID: 29169702 DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2017.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2017] [Revised: 10/05/2017] [Accepted: 11/06/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The aims of this study are: firstly, to investigate if admission to specialized burn critical care units leads to better clinical outcomes; secondly, to elucidate if the multidisciplinary critical care contributes to this superior outcome. METHODS A multi-centre cohort analysis of a prospectively collected national database of 1759 adult burn patients admitted to 13 critical care units in England and Wales between 2005 and 2011. Units were contacted via telephone to establish frequency and constitution of daily ward rounds. Critical care units were categorized into 3 settings: specialized burns critical care units, generalized critical care units and 'visiting' critical care units. Multivariate logistic regression analysis and propensity dose-response analysis were used to calculate risk adjusted mortality. RESULTS Multivariate logistic regression analysis shows that admission to a specialized burn critical care service is independently associated with significant survival benefit compared to generalized critical care unit (adjusted OR for in-hospital death 1.81, [95% CI, 1.24, 2.66]) and 'visiting' critical care services (adjusted OR for in-hospital death 2.24 [95% CI, 1.49, 3.38]). Further analysis using propensity dose-response analysis demonstrates that risk-adjusted in-hospital mortality rate decreased as the dose of multidisciplinary care increased, with an adjusted odds ratio of 1 (specialized burn critical care units), 1.81 (generalized critical care units) and 2.24 ('visiting' critical care units). CONCLUSIONS Admission to a specialized burn critical care service is independently associated with significant survival benefit. This is, at least in part, due to care being provided by a fully integrated multidisciplinary team.
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- Thet Su Win
- St. Andrews Centre for Burns, Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford CM1 7ET, UK
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- St. Andrews Centre for Burns, Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford CM1 7ET, UK.
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- King's Health Partners, King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9RS, UK
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- St. Andrews Centre for Burns, Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford CM1 7ET, UK
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- St. Andrews Centre for Burns, Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford CM1 7ET, UK
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- St. Andrews Centre for Burns, Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford CM1 7ET, UK
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Improvement in Quality Metrics Outcomes and Patient and Family Satisfaction in a Neurosciences Intensive Care Unit after Creation of a Dedicated Neurocritical Care Team. Crit Care Res Pract 2017; 2017:6394105. [PMID: 29119023 PMCID: PMC5651093 DOI: 10.1155/2017/6394105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2017] [Revised: 05/19/2017] [Accepted: 09/05/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Introduction Dedicated neurointensivists have been shown to improve outcome measurements in the neurosciences intensive care unit (NSICU). Quality outcome data in relation to patient and family satisfaction is lacking. This study evaluated the impact of newly appointed neurointensivists and creation of a neurocritical care team on quality outcome measures including patient satisfaction in a NSICU. Methods This is a retrospective study of data over 36 months from a 14-bed NSICU evaluating quality outcome measures and anonymous patient satisfaction questionnaires before and after neurointensivists appointment. Results After appointment of neurointensivists, patient acuity of the NSICU increased by 33.4% while LOS decreased by 3.5%. There was a decrease in neurosciences mortality (35.8%), catheter-associated urinary tract infection (50%), central line associated bloodstream infection (100%), and ventilator-associated pneumonia (50%). During the same time, patient satisfaction increased by 28.3% on physicians/nurses consistency (p = 0.025), by 69.5% in confidence/trust in physicians (p < 0.0001), by 78.3% on physicians treated me with courtesy/respect (p < 0.0001), and by 46.4% on physicians' attentiveness (p < 0.0001). Ultimately, patients recommending the hospital to others increased by 67.5% (p < 0.0001). Conclusion Dedicated neurointensivists and the subsequent development of a neurocritical care team positively impacted quality outcome metrics, particularly significantly improving patient satisfaction.
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OPINION STATEMENT Ischemic stroke accounts for approximately 85% of all strokes. Although severe strokes constitute a minority of cases, they are associated with a majority of the subsequent disability and death. Reperfusion therapy with intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) and/or endovascular thrombectomy is a mainstay of acute stroke management. Intensive care management of stroke is focused on reducing complications of reperfusion, such as hemorrhagic transformation, and minimizing secondary brain injury, including brain edema and progressive stroke. Additionally, severe stroke patients frequently need ventilatory or hemodynamic support provided in an intensive care unit (ICU) setting. Here, we discuss the current medical and surgical ICU management aspects of acute ischemic stroke and identify areas where ongoing studies may reveal new treatments to improve neurological recovery.
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- Matthew B Bevers
- Divisions of Stroke, Cerebrovascular and Critical Care Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Neurocritical Care and Emergency Neurology, Center for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Lunder 644, Boston, MA, 02114, USA.
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Ryu JA, Yang JH, Chung CR, Suh GY, Hong SC. Impact of Neurointensivist Co-management on the Clinical Outcomes of Patients Admitted to a Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit. J Korean Med Sci 2017; 32:1024-1030. [PMID: 28480662 PMCID: PMC5426243 DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2017.32.6.1024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2016] [Accepted: 03/10/2017] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Limited data are available on improved outcomes after initiation of neurointensivist co-management in neurosurgical intensive care units (NSICUs) in Korea. We evaluated the impact of a newly appointed neurointensivist on the outcomes of neurosurgical patients admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU). This retrospective observational study involved neurosurgical patients admitted to the NSICU at Samsung Medical Center between March 2013 and May 2016. Neurointensivist co-management was initiated in October 1 2014. We compared the outcomes of neurosurgical patients before and after neurointensivist co-management. The primary outcome was ICU mortality. A total of 571 patients were admitted to the NSICU during the study period, 291 prior to the initiation of neurointensivist co-management and 280 thereafter. Intracranial hemorrhage (29.6%) and traumatic brain injury (TBI) (26.6%) were the most frequent reasons for ICU admission. TBI was the most common cause of death (39.0%). There were no significant differences in mortality rates and length of ICU stay before and after co-management. However, the rates of ICU and 30-day mortality among the TBI patients were significantly lower after compared to before initiation of neurointensivist co-management (8.5% vs. 22.9%; P = 0.014 and 11.0% vs. 27.1%; P = 0.010, respectively). Although overall outcomes were not different after neurointensivist co-management, initiation of a strategy of routine involvement of a neurointensivist significantly reduced the ICU and 30-day mortality rates of TBI patients.
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- Jeong Am Ryu
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
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Jeong JH, Bang J, Jeong W, Yum K, Chang J, Hong JH, Lee K, Han MK. A Dedicated Neurological Intensive Care Unit Offers Improved Outcomes for Patients With Brain and Spine Injuries. J Intensive Care Med 2017; 34:104-108. [PMID: 28460590 DOI: 10.1177/0885066617706675] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Admission to an intensive care unit (ICU) specialized for brain and spine injury patients is associated with improved outcome. We investigated the effects of the first dedicated, combined neurological and neurosurgical ICU (NeuroICU) in Korea on patient outcomes. METHODS The first dedicated NeuroICU in Korea was established in March 2013. We retrospectively analyzed the clinical data and compared the outcomes between patients admitted to the ICU before and after NeuroICU establishment. The predicted mortality of NeuroICU patients was calculated using their Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II scores. Patients' functional outcomes were evaluated using their modified Rankin scale (mRS) scores at 6 months after ICU admission, which were obtained from medical records or telephone interviews. RESULTS We included 2487 patients, 1572 and 915 of whom were admitted prior to and after NeuroICU establishment, respectively. The demographic characteristics, Glasgow Coma Scale scores, and disease proportions did not differ significantly between the groups. The length of ICU stay and the number of days on ventilation were significantly lower in NeuroICU patients than they were in general ICU patients ( P = .024, P = .001). Intensive care unit mortality was significantly lower in NeuroICU patients (7.3% vs 4.7%, P = .012). The predicted mortality was obtained from 473 NeuroICU patients. The mortality ratio (observed mortality/predicted mortality) was 0.34 (8.9%/26.1%), and 228 (48.1%) patients showed good functional recovery (mRS, 0-2). CONCLUSION Our findings suggest that admission to a dedicated NeuroICU significantly improves the neurological outcomes of patients with brain and spine injuries, including their postoperative care, in Korea.
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- Jin-Heon Jeong
- 1 Department of Intensive Care Medicine and Neurology, Stroke Center, Dong-A University Hospital, Busan, South Korea.,These authors contributed equally to this work
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- 2 Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, South Korea.,These authors contributed equally to this work
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- 2 Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, South Korea
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- 3 Department of Neurology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, South Korea
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- 4 Department of Neurology, Gyeongsang National University Changwon Hospital, Changwon, South Korea
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- 5 Department of Neurology, Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center, Daegu, South Korea
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- 6 Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, The University of Texas Houston Medical School and Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center, Houston, TX, United States
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- 3 Department of Neurology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, South Korea
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Breslin RP, Franker L, Sterchi S, Sani S. Implementation of an Integrated Neuroscience Unit. AACN Adv Crit Care 2017; 27:40-52. [PMID: 26909452 DOI: 10.4037/aacnacc2016992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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Many challenges exist in today's health care delivery system, and much focus and research are invested into ways to improve care with cost-effective measures. Specialty-specific dedicated care units are one solution for inpatient hospital care because they improve outcomes and decrease mortality. The neuroscience population encompasses a wide variety of diagnoses of spinal to cranial issues with a wide spectrum of needs varying from one patient to the next. Neuroscience care must be patient-specific during the course of frequent acuity changes, and one way to achieve this is through a neuroscience-focused unit. Few resources are available on how to implement this type of unit. Advanced practice nurses are committed to providing high-quality, safe, and cost-effective care and are instrumental in the success of instituting a unit dedicated to the care of neuroscience patients.
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- Rory P Breslin
- Rory P. Breslin is Neurosurgery Nurse Practitioner, Rush Copley Medical Center, Neuroscience Institute, 2040 Ogden Avenue, Suite 300, Aurora, IL 60504 . Lauren Franker is Neurosurgery Nurse Practitioner, Rush Copley Medical Center, Aurora, Illinois. Suzanne Sterchi is Assistant Vice President of Patient Care, Rush Copley Medical Center, Aurora, Illinois. Sepehr Sani was Neuroscience Medical Director, Rush Copley Medical Center, Aurora, Illinois when this project was done. Sani is now Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
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Since the inception of critical care as a formal discipline in the late 1950s, we have seen rapid specialization to many types of intensive care units (ICUs) to accommodate evolving life support technologies and novel therapies in various disciplines of medicine. Indeed, the field has expanded such that specialized ICUs currently exist to address critical care problems in medicine, cardiology, neurology and neurosurgery, trauma, burns, organ transplant and cardiothoracic surgeries. Specialization does not only need new infrastructure, but also training and staffing of health care providers, ancillary staff, and development and implementation of processes of care. Oncology is another branch of medicine with growing ICU needs. Given the rise in cancer incidence worldwide and better survival rates alongside advances in chemotherapeutic and surgical options, more cancer patients are nowadays requiring advanced life support for cancer-related complications, treatment-related toxicities and severe infections. Here we provide a brief summary of the current evidence supporting the specialization of critical care and explore three different models of care for critically ill cancer patients, including the development of a specialized oncological ICU. Finally, we also discuss recently published and future research related to the care of critically ill cancer patients.
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- Abby Koch
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Dastur CK, Yu W. Current management of spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage. Stroke Vasc Neurol 2017; 2:21-29. [PMID: 28959487 PMCID: PMC5435209 DOI: 10.1136/svn-2016-000047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2016] [Accepted: 11/08/2016] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH) is the most devastating and disabling type of stroke. Uncontrolled hypertension (HTN) is the most common cause of spontaneous ICH. Recent advances in neuroimaging, organised stroke care, dedicated Neuro-ICUs, medical and surgical management have improved the management of ICH. Early airway protection, control of malignant HTN, urgent reversal of coagulopathy and surgical intervention may increase the chance of survival for patients with severe ICH. Intensive lowering of systolic blood pressure to <140 mm Hg is proven safe by two recent randomised trials. Transfusion of platelets in patients on antiplatelet therapy is not indicated unless the patient is scheduled for surgical evacuation of haematoma. In patients with small haematoma without significant mass effect, there is no indication for routine use of mannitol or hypertonic saline (HTS). However, for patients with large ICH (volume > 30 cbic centmetre) or symptomatic perihaematoma oedema, it may be beneficial to keep serum sodium level at 140–150 mEq/L for 7–10 days to minimise oedema expansion and mass effect. Mannitol and HTS can be used emergently for worsening cerebral oedema, elevated intracranial pressure (ICP) or pending herniation. HTS should be administered via central line as continuous infusion (3%) or bolus (23.4%). Ventriculostomy is indicated for patients with severe intraventricular haemorrhage, hydrocephalus or elevated ICP. Patients with large cerebellar or temporal ICH may benefit from emergent haematoma evacuation. It is important to start intermittent pneumatic compression devices at the time of admission and subcutaneous unfractionated heparin in stable patients within 48 hours of admission for prophylaxis of venous thromboembolism. There is no benefit for seizure prophylaxis or aggressive management of fever or hyperglycaemia. Early aggressive comprehensive care may improve survival and functional recovery.
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- Cyrus K Dastur
- Department of Neurology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, USA
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