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Table 2 ICU management and outcome

From: Neurologic outcome of VZV encephalitis one year after ICU admission: a multicenter cohort study

Variables

Patients

Neurocritical care, n (%)

 Acyclovir

55 (100%)

 High dose of steroids

4 (7%)

 Anticonvulsant therapy

12 (22%)

Life-sustaining therapies

 Invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV), n (%)

46 (84%)

 Duration of IMV, days, median [IQR]

13 [3–0]

 Vasopressors, n (%)

22 (40%)

 Renal replacement therapy, n (%)

15 (27%)

Outcome

 ICU mortality, n (%)

14 (25%)

 ICU length of stay, days, median [IQR]

15 [6–38]

 Hospital length of stay, days, median [IQR]

35 [17–55]

 One-year mortality

18 (33%)

  1. AKI, acute kidney injury; ICU, intensive care unit; IQR, interquartile; VZV, varicella-zoster virus