Cost of intensive care in a Norwegian University hospital 1997–1999

Table 1 The eight main indications for intensive care unit treatment and the number of patients in each group at the start and after 18 months

	Start (n = 1051)	18 months (n = 640)
Acute cardiovascular failure	155	73
Acute respiratory failure	266	161
Acute renal failure	14	11
Multitrauma	120	98
Postoperative	47	32
Central nervous system	278	165
Gastrointestinal	123	63
Other reason	48	37

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