Profiling and Benchmarking Central Nervous System Infections in an Infectious Diseases Intensive Care Unit.
Hugo Boechat AndradeIvan Rocha Ferreira da SilvaRodolfo EspinozaMayara Secco Torres da SilvaPedro Henrique Nascimento TheodoroMarcel Treptow FerreiraJesus SoaresErmias D BelayJames J SejvarFernando Augusto BozzaJosé Cerbino-NetoAndré Miguel JapiassúPublished in: Journal of intensive care medicine (2023)
Severe patients with CNSI can be efficiently and effectively treated in an ICU specialized in infectious diseases when compared to mixed medical/surgical and neurological ICUs from the public health system. At the same time, we provided profiling and a case-mix that can help and encourage benchmarking by other institutions and other countries.