From: Pattern of neurological disease seen among patients admitted in tertiary care hospital
Disease | Number & percentage of patients from different departments | |||||
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Diagnostic break down (number, %) | Medicine | Surgery | Obs & Gynae | Cardiology | ICU | Burn and plastic surgery |
Stroke (159, 47.5) | 89(56) | 6 (3.8) | 4(42.5) | 56(35.2) | 2(1.3) | 2(1.3) |
Seizure (31,9.3) | 21(67.7) | 2(6.5) | 4(12.9) | 0 | 0 | 4(12.9) |
CNS infection (13, 3.9) | 13(100) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Peripheral neuropathy (13, 3.9) | 13(100) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
GBS (3, 0.9) | 3(100) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
MND (11, 3.3) | 8(72.7) | 0 | 3(27.3) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cord disease (26, 7.8) | 24(92.3) | 2(7.3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dementia (5, 1.5) | 5(100) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tumor (5, 1.5) | 3(60) | 2(40) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Coma (12, 3.6) | 6(50) | 0 | 2(16.7) | 0 | 4(33.3) | 0 |
Encephalopathy (21, 6.3) | 12(57.1) | 4(19) | 2(9.5) | 3(14.3) | 0 | 0 |
Functional (6, 1.8) | 6(100) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Undiagnosed clinically (30, 9) | 28(93.3) | 0 | 2(6.7) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total number and (%) of patients within different departments | 231 (69%) | 16 (3.2%) | 15 (3%) | 61 (18.2%) | 6 (1.8%) | 6 (1.8%) |