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ArticleArquivos de neuro-psiquiatria2021

What can be expected to be seen in a Neurology ward? Eleven-year experience in a Brazilian university hospital.

Daniel Gabay Moreira, Enedina Maria Lobato de Oliveira, Fernando Morgadinho Dos Santos Coelho, Henrique Ballalai Ferraz, Silvio Francisco, Vanderci Borges, Denis Bernardi Bichuetti

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Article in Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Daniel Gabay MoreiraUniversidade Federal de São Paulo, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Disciplina de Neurologia, São Paulo SP, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-5918-185X
Enedina Maria Lobato de OliveiraUniversidade Federal de São Paulo, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Disciplina de Neurologia, São Paulo SP, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-4939-7200
Fernando Morgadinho Dos Santos CoelhoUniversidade Federal de São Paulo, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Disciplina de Neurologia, São Paulo SP, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-8482-3754
Henrique Ballalai FerrazUniversidade Federal de São Paulo, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Disciplina de Neurologia, São Paulo SP, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-3821-1407
Silvio FranciscoUniversidade Federal de São Paulo, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Disciplina de Neurologia, São Paulo SP, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-9179-8764
Vanderci BorgesUniversidade Federal de São Paulo, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Disciplina de Neurologia, São Paulo SP, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-8723-2757
Denis Bernardi BichuettiUniversidade Federal de São Paulo, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Disciplina de Neurologia, São Paulo SP, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-4011-3734
Universidade Federal de São Paulo · BR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundNeurological disorders are significant causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. However, data about general neurological inpatient admissions in Brazil is limited. Objective: To investigate the prevalence of neurological disorders according to disease group and lesion site among patients admitted to a general Neurology ward.

methodsThis was an observational and descriptive study. The hospital discharge database for the Neurology ward was surveyed in accordance with the International Classification of Diseases, 10th edition (ICD-10), from September 2008 to October 2019. The final diagnosis was classified into neurological disorder groups and site.

resultsOverall, 2,606 clinical neurological patient files were included, with mean length of hospitalization of 16.7 days and a total of 325 readmissions (12.5%). The overall mortality rate in the ward was 3.8% (100 patients). Among all the diagnoses, cerebrovascular disease was the most prevalent (45.8%), followed by inflammatory disorders (22.2%). The brain was the most common lesion site (66.0%), followed by peripheral nerves (10.0%) and meninges and cerebrospinal fluid (7.7%).

conclusionsThe disease pattern upon admission showed that a majority of the cases consisted of cerebrovascular disorders and that the brain was the most frequently affected structure, although we observed that a wide variety of cases were admitted, encompassing all neurological disorders.

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