J Korean Neurosurg Soc.  2024 Jan;67(1):84-93. 10.3340/jkns.2023.0082.

Trend of Intensive Care Unit Admission in Neurology-Neurosurgery Adult Patients in South Korea : A Nationwide Population-Based Cohort Study

• Kim S
• Oh TK
• Song IA
• Jeon YT

• KMID: 2550462
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3340/jkns.2023.0082

Abstract

Objective
: We aimed to examine trends in critically ill neurology-neurosurgery (NNS) patients who were admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) in South Korea and identify risk factors for in-hospital mortality after ICU admission in NNS patients.
Methods
: This nationwide population-based retrospective cohort study enrolled adult NNS adult patients admitted to the ICU from 2010 to 2019 extracted from the National Health Insurance Service in South Korea. The critically ill NNS patients were defined as those whose main admission departments were neurology or neurosurgery at ICU admission. The number of ICU admission, age, and total cost for hospitalization from 2010 to 2019 in critically ill NNS patients were examined as trend information. Moreover, multivariable logistic regression modeling was used to identify risk factors for in-hospital mortality among critically ill NNS patients.
Results
: We included 845474 ICU admission cases for 679376 critically ill NNS patients in South Korea between January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2019. The total number of ICU admissions among NNS patients was 79522 in 2010, which increased to 91502 in 2019. The mean age rose from 62.8 years (standard deviation [SD], 15.6) in 2010 to 66.6 years (SD, 15.2) in 2019, and the average total cost for hospitalization per each patient consistently increased from 6206.1 USD (SD, 5218.5) in 2010 to 10745.4 USD (SD, 10917.4) in 2019. In-hospital mortality occurred in 75455 patients (8.9%). Risk factors strongly associated with increased in-hospital mortality were the usage of mechanical ventilator (adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 19.83; 95% confidence interval [CI], 19.42–20.26; p<0.001), extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (aOR, 3.49; 95% CI, 2.42–5.02; p<0.001), and continuous renal replacement therapy (aOR, 6.47; 95% CI, 6.02–6.96; p<0.001). In addition, direct admission to ICU from the emergency room (aOR, 1.38; 95% CI, 1.36–1.41; p<0.001) and brain cancer as the main diagnosis (aOR, 1.30; 95% CI, 1.22–1.39; p<0.001) are also potential risk factors for increased in-hospital mortality.
Conclusion
: In South Korea, the number of ICU admissions increased among critically ill NNS patients from 2010 to 2019. The average age and total costs for hospitalization also increased. Some potential risk factors are found to increase in-hospital mortality among critically ill NNS patients.

Keyword

Critical care; Intensive care units; Mortality; Neurology; Neurosurgery

Figure

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  Fig. 1. Total number of intensive care unit (ICU) admission among neurology-neurosurgery (NNS) patients from 2010 to 2019.

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  Fig. 2. Mean value of age (A) and average total cost (B) for hospitalization among critically ill neurology-neurosurgery (NNS) patients from 2010 to 2019. SD : standard deviation.

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