Inventory of a Neurological Intensive Care Unit: Who Is Treated and How Long?

Table 1

Comparison of ventilated versus nonventilated patients and different diseases.

Disease	Ventilated			Nonventilated
	[]	Age (years); mean	Days ICU median	[]	Age (years); mean	Days ICU median
Vascular	96	72	15	87	69	4.4
ICA/MCA/ACA	33	71	16	21	73	4.9
va/ba	32	74	18	10	55	3.8
ICH	24	63	12	20	67	4.4
Diverse	7	76	10	36	71	3.4
Inflammation	46	58	21	41	54	5.6
Viral/bacterial	18	32	20	26	51.5	5.7
GBS	7	68	18	11	66	6.4
Diverse (incl. MS, LES)	12	66	19			11
Neuromuscular	9	76	27	3	45	3
Degenerative	7	69	24	6	67.5	1.5
Hereditary	3	39	35	0	0	0
Epilepsy	26	55	11	73	51	2.0
Diverse	23	57	14	85	48	3.2
Total	201	66	16.5	292	58	3.6