A 3 – year review of neurologic admissions in University College Hospital Ibadan, Nigeria
| Autor: | Talabi Oa |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Hypertensive encephalopathy Pediatrics Nigeria Spinal Cord Diseases Hospitals University Pressure range Age Distribution Patient Admission Cavernous Sinus Thrombophlebitis Risk Factors Seizures Prevalence medicine Humans Meningitis Sex Distribution Neurologic Admissions Stroke Units Stroke Aged Retrospective Studies Gynecology Tetanus Guillain-Barre syndrome business.industry Headache Stroke units General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Seizure Disorders Population Surveillance Female Nervous System Diseases business |
| Zdroj: | West African Journal of Medicine; Vol 22, No 2 (2003); 150-151 |
| ISSN: | 0189-160X |
| DOI: | 10.4314/wajm.v22i2.27937 |
| Popis: | A 3 year review of neurologic admissions into the adult medical wards at the UCH, Ibadan, Nigeria between January 1998 and December 2000 is presented. The study design involved the scrutiny of the records of all the neurological admissions, male and female to the medical ward. The identified cases were then classified and only cases confirmed as neurological were further analysed. Stroke, predominantly non-hemorrhagic accounted for 50.4% of cases for the period of study. Stroke is therefore the most common cause of adult neurologic admissions on medical wards of UCH. Central nervous system infections, comprising mainly of tetanus and meningitis accounted for 14.2% (111) and 12.4% (97) of case respectively. The myelopathies were the cause of neurologic admissions in 8.1% (63) of cases followed by seizure disorders. Headache was the reason for admission in 0.9% (7) of cases. Parkinsons disease, hypertensive encephalopathy, Guillian Barne syndrome, seasonal ataxic neuropathy, cavernous sinus thrombophlebitis, normal pressure hydropcephalus were rarely the cause of admission. Similarly, dystonia, and cerebral malaria recorded 0.13% (1) of cases each. A case is made for the establishment of regional stroke units in Nigeria. Keywords: Neurologic, Admissions, Stroke Units. Resume Un bilan d'une duree de trois ans sur la neurologie d'hospitalisation dans la salle medicale des adultes a UCH, Ibadan, Nigeria entre janvier 1998 et decembre 2000 est l'objet de cet etude. Le plan de cet etude implique un examen minutieux des dossiers de toutes les admissions neurologiques, mâle et femme dans la salle medicale. Les cas identifies ont ete classifies et seulement les cas confirmes etant neurologiques ont ete analyses en detail. L'attaque, non hemorragique est recensee d'une maniere predominante en 50,54% des cas pendant la periode de cet etude. L'attaque est donc la cause la plus frequente des admissions neurologiques des adultes dans la salle medicale a UCH. Des infections du systeme nerveux central, nevraxe, composees principalement de tetanos et la meningite recensee en 14,2% soit (111) et 12,4% soit (97) des respectivement. Les myelopathie etaient la cause des admissions neurologiques en 8,1% soit 63 des cas suivi par troubles de la crise. Mal de tete etait responsable pour l'admission en 0,9% soit 7 des cas. La maladie de parkinson, encephalopathie, liee a l'hypertension syndrome Guillain Barre, neuropathie ataxique saisonniere, le sinus de la thrombophlebite, la pression normale d'hydropcephalus etaient rarement les causes d'admission. Pareillement, dystonie, et laludisme cerebral recense en 0,13% soit (1) dans chaque cas. Donc, nous proposons la creation d'un service regional d'attaque au Nigeria. |
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