The effect of secular trends and specialist neurocritical care on mortality for patients with intracerebral haemorrhage, myasthenia gravis and Guillain-Barré syndrome admitted to critical care: An analysis of the Intensive Care National Audit & Research Centre (ICNARC) national United Kingdom database

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1405-1412

  Damian, Maxwell S ^a,b   Ben Shlomo, Yoav ^c   Howard, Robin ^d,e   Bellotti, Tony ^f   Harrison, David ^g   Griggs, Kathryn ^g   Rowan, Kathryn ^g  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IPSWICH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^e ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g and London School of Hygiene Tropical Medicine   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical care outcomes; Guillain Barr syndrome; Intracerebral haemorrhage; Myasthenia gravis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; FEMALE; GROWTH; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORTALITY; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CRITICAL CARE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIALIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880283238     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-013-2960-6     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. Patel HC, Menon DK, Tebbs S, Hawker R, Hutchinson PJ, Kirkpatrick PJ (2002) Specialist neurocritical care and outcome from head injury. Intensive Care Med 28:547-553
2. Kramer AH, Zygun DA (2011) Do neurocritical care units save lives? Measuring the impact of specialized ICUs. Neurocrit Care 14:329-333
3. Diringer MN, Edwards DF (2001) Admission to a neurologic/neurosurgical intensive care unit is associated with reduced mortality rate after intracerebral hemorrhage. Crit Care Med 29(3):635-640
4. Varelas PN, Conti MM, Spanaki MV, Potts E, Bradford D, Sunstrom C, Fedder W, Hacein Bey L, Jaradeh S, Gennarelli TA (2004) The impact of a neurointensivist-led team on a semiclosed neurosciences intensive care unit. Crit Care Med 32:2191-2198
5. Bershad EM, Feen ES, Hernandez OH, Suri MF, Suarez JI (2008) Impact of a specialized neurointensive care team on outcomes of critically ill acute ischemic stroke patients. Neurocrit Care 9(3):287-292. doi: 10.1007/s12028-008- 9051-5
6. Lott JP, Iwashyna TJ, Christie JD, Asch DA, Kramer AA, Kahn JM (2009) Critical illness outcomes in specialty versus general intensive care units. Am J Resp Crit Care Med 179:676-683
7. Harrison DA, Parry GJ, Carpenter JR, Short A, Rowan K (2007) A new risk prediction model for critical care: the Intensive Care National Audit & Research Centre (ICNARC) model. Crit Care Med 35:1091-1098
8. Harrison D, Brady A, Rowan K (2004) Case mix, outcome and length of stay for admissions to adult, general critical care units in England, Wales and Northern Ireland: the Intensive Care National Audit & Research Centre Case Mix Programme Database. Crit Care 8(2):R99-R111
9. Information Catalogue - Directory of Clinical Databases. http://www.icapp.nhs.uk/docdat/ website
10. Hemphill JC, Bonovich DC, Besmertis L, Manley GT, Johnston SC (2001) The ICH score: a simple, reliable grading scale for intracerebral hemorrhage. Stroke 32(4):891-897
11. Lacomis D (2005) Myasthenic crisis. Neurocrit Care 03:189-194
12. Murthy JM, Meena AK, Chowdary GV, Naryanan JT (2005) Myasthenic crisis: clinical features, complications and mortality. Neurol India 53(1):37-40
13. O'Riordan JI, Miller DH, Mottershead JP, Hirsch NP, Howard RS (1998) The management and outcome of patients with myasthenia gravis treated acutely in a neurological intensive care unit. Eur J Neurol 5(2):137-142
14. Ng KKP, Howard RS, Fish DR, Hirsch NP, Wiles CM, Murray NMF, Miller DH (1995) Management and outcome of severe Guillain-Barre syndrome. Q J Med 88:243-250
15. Koeppen S, Kraywinkel K, Wessendorf TE, Ehrenfeld CE, Schürks M, Diener HC, Weimar C (2006) Long-term outcome of Guillain-Barré syndrome. Neurocrit Care 5(3):235-242
16. Kiphuth IC, Schellinger PD, Köhrmann M, Bardutzky J, Lücking H, Kloska S, Schwab S, Huttner HB (2010) Predictors for good functional outcome after neurocritical care. Crit Care 14:R136
17. Young JD, Goldfrad C, Rowan K (2001) Development and testing of a hierarchical method to code the reason for admission to intensive care units: the ICNARC Coding Method. Br J Anaesth 87:543-548
18. http://www.ics.ac.uk/professional/standards-safety-quality/ standards-and-guidelines/levels-of-critical-care-for-adult-patients. Accessed 10 Jan 2013
19. Goldstein JN, Gilson AJ (2011) Critical care management of acute intracerebral haemorrhage. Curr Treat Options Neurol 13(2):204-216
20. Goldfrad C, Rowan K (2000) Consequences of discharges from intensive care at night. Lancet 355:1138-1142
21. Varelas PN, Schultz L, Conti M, Spanaki M, Genarrelli T, Hacein-Bey L (2008) The impact of a neuro-intensivist on patients with stroke admitted to a neurosciences intensive care unit. Neurocrit Care 9(3):293-299
22. Suarez JI, Zaidat OO, Suri MF, Feen ES, Lynch G, Hickman J, Georgiadis A, Selman WR (2004) Length of stay and mortality in neurocritically ill patients: impact of a specialized neurocritical care team. Crit Care Med 32(11):2311-2317
23. Valentin A, Lang T, Karnik R, Ammerer HP, Ploder J, Slany J (2003) Intracranial pressure monitoring and case mix-adjusted mortality in intracranial hemorrhage. Crit Care Med 31(5):1539-1542
24. Naval NS, Carhuapoma JR (2010) Impact of pattern of admission on ICH outcomes. Neurocrit Care 12(2):149-154
25. Hemphill JC 3rd, Newman J, Zhao S, Johnston SC (2004) Hospital usage of early do-not-resuscitate orders and outcome after intracerebral hemorrhage. Stroke 35:1130-1134
26. Becker KJ, Baxter AB, Cohen WA, Bybee HM, Tirschwell DL, Newell DW, Winn HR, Longstreth WT (2001) Withdrawal of support in intracerebral hemorrhage may lead to self-fulfilling prophecies. Neurology 56(6):766
27. Werneck LC, Scola RH, Germiniani FM, Comerlato EA, Cunha FM (2002) Myasthenic crisis: report of 24 cases. Arq Neuropsiquiatr 60(3-A):519-526
28. Mahalati K, Dawson RB, Collins JO, Mayer RF (1999) Predictable recovery from myasthenia gravis crisis with plasma exchange: thirty-six cases and review of current management. J Clin Apher 14(1):1-8
29. Berrouschot J, Baumann I, Kalischewski P, Sterker M, Schneider D (1997) Therapy of myasthenic crisis. Crit Care Med 25(7):1228-1235
30. Thomas CE, Mayer SA, Gungor Y, Swarup R, Webster EA, Chang I, Brannagan TH, Fink ME, Rowland LP (1997) Myasthenic crisis: clinical features, mortality, complications, and risk factors for prolonged intubation. Neurology 48(5):1253-1260
31. Mandawat A, Kamunski HJ, Cutter G, Katirji B, Alsheklee A (2010) Comparative analysis of therapeutic options used for myasthenia gravis. Ann Neurol 68:797-805
32. Seneviratne J, Mandrekar J, Wijdicks EFM, Rabinstein A (2008) Predictors of extubation failure in myasthenic crisis. Arch Neurol 65(7):929-933
33. Hill M, Ben-Shlomo Y (2008) Neurological care and risk of hospital mortality for patients with myasthenia gravis in England. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 79(4):421-425