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Acta Neurológica Colombiana
versión impresa ISSN 0120-8748versión On-line ISSN 2422-4022
Resumen
BUSTOS SANCHEZ, José Luis et al. Main pathologies diagnosed by the Neurology service in emergencies and hospitalization in a university hospital in Colombia 2020 - 2021. Acta Neurol Colomb. [online]. 2023, vol.39, n.1, pp.28-32. Epub 05-Abr-2023. ISSN 0120-8748. https://doi.org/10.22379/24224022439.
INTRODUCTION:
Neurological diseases constitute a large proportion of medical emergencies (10%-15%). Knowledge of the distribution of the main neurological conditions both in the emergency room and in hospitalization is necessary. The real distribution of neurological disease treated in a tertiary university hospital in Boyacá can be characterized.
METHODOLOGY:
Descriptive cross-sectional study. Results: 1203 patients with a mean age of 56.2 (± 21.2) years, most of them male, almost half of them with basic primary education. From a total of 81 diagnoses, the first 12 were characterized clinically and socio demographically, we found that in the emergency department, cerebrovascular disease, epilepsy, headache, polyneuropathy and vertigo prevailed.
CONCLUSIONS.
The main reasons for consultation were cerebrovascular disease and delirium in the emergency department and hospitalization, respectively, being mainly generated by internal medicine and the intensive care unit.
Palabras clave : Nervous System Diseases; Epidemiology; Neurology; Emergency Medical Services (MeSH).
