What can be expected to be seen in a Neurology ward? Eleven-year experience in a Brazilian university hospital
ABSTRACT Background: Neurological 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...
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| author | 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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| description | ABSTRACT Background: Neurological 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. Methods: This 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. Results: Overall, 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%). Conclusions: The 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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| spelling | doaj-art-16dc5399b9c44f63afe3b2f6c1bc0e2c2025-08-20T03:54:32ZengThieme Revinter PublicaçõesArquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria1678-42272021-06-0179647848210.1590/0004-282x-anp-2020-0310What can be expected to be seen in a Neurology ward? Eleven-year experience in a Brazilian university hospitalDaniel Gabay MOREIRAhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5918-185XEnedina Maria Lobato de OLIVEIRAhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4939-7200Fernando Morgadinho dos Santos COELHOhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8482-3754Henrique Ballalai FERRAZhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3821-1407Silvio FRANCISCOhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9179-8764Vanderci BORGEShttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8723-2757Denis Bernardi BICHUETTIhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4011-3734ABSTRACT Background: Neurological 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. Methods: This 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. Results: Overall, 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%). Conclusions: The 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.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2021000600478&tlng=enNeurologyPatients' RoomsPrevalenceDisease |
| spellingShingle | Daniel Gabay MOREIRA Enedina Maria Lobato de OLIVEIRA Fernando Morgadinho dos Santos COELHO Henrique Ballalai FERRAZ Silvio FRANCISCO Vanderci BORGES Denis Bernardi BICHUETTI What can be expected to be seen in a Neurology ward? Eleven-year experience in a Brazilian university hospital Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria Neurology Patients' Rooms Prevalence Disease |
| title | What can be expected to be seen in a Neurology ward? Eleven-year experience in a Brazilian university hospital |
| title_full | What can be expected to be seen in a Neurology ward? Eleven-year experience in a Brazilian university hospital |
| title_fullStr | What can be expected to be seen in a Neurology ward? Eleven-year experience in a Brazilian university hospital |
| title_full_unstemmed | What can be expected to be seen in a Neurology ward? Eleven-year experience in a Brazilian university hospital |
| title_short | What can be expected to be seen in a Neurology ward? Eleven-year experience in a Brazilian university hospital |
| title_sort | what can be expected to be seen in a neurology ward eleven year experience in a brazilian university hospital |
| topic | Neurology Patients' Rooms Prevalence Disease |
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