The burden of inpatient neurologic disease in two Ethiopian hospitals.
Neurology
; 68(5): 338-42, 2007 Jan 30.
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| ID: mdl-17261679
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
To define the burden of inpatient neurologic disease seen in Ethiopian teaching hospitals.METHODS:
We reviewed records of all medical inpatients admitted over a 6-month period to two teaching hospitals, one with and one without neurologists.RESULTS:
Neurologic cases made up 18.0% and 24.7% of all medical admissions. The mortality rates were 21.8% and 34.7%. Noninfectious diseases were 36.7% and 31.7% of neurologic cases, but unknown etiologies made up 42.2% and 29.0% of all cases. Of total cases, only 42.9% and 24.1% had at least a high level of diagnostic certainty.CONCLUSIONS:
Patients with neurologic disease make up a substantial minority of medical inpatients in Ethiopia. Noninfectious neurologic disease is at least as common as infectious neurologic disease. Reaching a well-defined final diagnosis occurs in only a minority of cases. Areas for improving the mortality rate include improving the barriers to diagnostic certainty and increasing treatment options for Ethiopian patients.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Medição de Risco
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Hospitalização
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Pacientes Internados
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Doenças do Sistema Nervoso
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Etiology_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
Africa
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2007
Tipo de documento:
Article