Abstract
Relationship between the number of neurosurgical ICU and hemorrhagic stroke mortality in advance
level hospital in Thailand)
Naruepak Russameyoongtong, M.D., Kullapat Veerasarn, M.D.
Neurosurgical Division, Neurological Institute of Thailand. Department of Medical Services,
Ministry of Public Health, Thailand
      Hemorrhagic stroke is not only a common neurological disease but also being a leading cause of
death. The authors explored the mortality of hemorrhagic stroke patients in the advance level hospital who
have neurosurgical ICU (NSICU) compared to the hospital without neurosurgical ICU (GenICU) to find out
how much better the stroke mortality is.
      Of all advance level hospital in Thailand, there are 17 hospitals have NSICU with total beds of 166,
no NSICU (using GenICU) 16 hospitals. The mortality in the NSICU group is 22.64 significantly better than
GenICU group (33.71%). The more NSICU beds, the less mortality for hemorrhagic stroke the hospital
will get.
       Despite the limitation of the clinical data of the patients, this study find out the important of neurosurgical
ICU to improve the mortality of hemorrhagic stroke in advance level hospital in Thailand.