Neurological diagnoses in the emergency room: differences between younger and older patients
Neurological diseases are prevalent in the emergency room (ER). The aim of this study was to compare the neurological diagnoses between younger and older patients evaluated in the ER of a tertiary care hospital. METHOD: Patients admitted to the ER who required neurological evaluation in the first 24...
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| author | Marcos C. Lange Vera L. Braatz Carolina Tomiyoshi Felipe M. Nóvak Artur F. Fernandes Laura N. Zamproni Élcio J. Piovesan Edison M. Nóvak Helio A.G. Teive Lineu C. Werneck |
| author_facet | Marcos C. Lange Vera L. Braatz Carolina Tomiyoshi Felipe M. Nóvak Artur F. Fernandes Laura N. Zamproni Élcio J. Piovesan Edison M. Nóvak Helio A.G. Teive Lineu C. Werneck |
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| description | Neurological diseases are prevalent in the emergency room (ER). The aim of this study was to compare the neurological diagnoses between younger and older patients evaluated in the ER of a tertiary care hospital. METHOD: Patients admitted to the ER who required neurological evaluation in the first 24 hours were separated into two groups based on age, <;50 years old and >50 years old. RESULTS: Cerebrovascular disease (59.6% vs. 21.8%, p<0.01) was most frequent in the >50 years old group. Seizures (8.1% vs. 18.6%, p<0.01) and primary headache (3.7% vs. 11.4%, p<0.01) were most frequent in the <;50 years old group. CONCLUSION: The current study demonstrated that these three neurological diagnoses represented the majority of the neurological evaluations in the ER. National guidelines for ER teams that treat these prevalent disorders must be included in clinical practice and training. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d29ce428a6a14bdca20abcced6843d152022-12-22T03:23:48ZengAcademia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO)Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria1678-42272011-04-01692a21221610.1590/S0004-282X2011000200014S0004-282X2011000200014Neurological diagnoses in the emergency room: differences between younger and older patientsMarcos C. Lange0Vera L. Braatz1Carolina Tomiyoshi2Felipe M. Nóvak3Artur F. Fernandes4Laura N. Zamproni5Élcio J. Piovesan6Edison M. Nóvak7Helio A.G. Teive8Lineu C. Werneck9Universidade Federal do ParanáUniversidade Federal do ParanáUniversidade Federal do ParanáUniversidade Federal do ParanáUniversidade Federal do ParanáUniversidade Federal do ParanáUniversidade Federal do ParanáUniversidade Federal do ParanáUniversidade Federal do ParanáUniversidade Federal do ParanáNeurological diseases are prevalent in the emergency room (ER). The aim of this study was to compare the neurological diagnoses between younger and older patients evaluated in the ER of a tertiary care hospital. METHOD: Patients admitted to the ER who required neurological evaluation in the first 24 hours were separated into two groups based on age, <;50 years old and >50 years old. RESULTS: Cerebrovascular disease (59.6% vs. 21.8%, p<0.01) was most frequent in the >50 years old group. Seizures (8.1% vs. 18.6%, p<0.01) and primary headache (3.7% vs. 11.4%, p<0.01) were most frequent in the <;50 years old group. CONCLUSION: The current study demonstrated that these three neurological diagnoses represented the majority of the neurological evaluations in the ER. National guidelines for ER teams that treat these prevalent disorders must be included in clinical practice and training.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2011000200014&lng=en&tlng=endoença do sistema nervosoAVCcefaléiaconvulsõesserviço médico de emergênciaepidemiologia em serviços de saúde |
| spellingShingle | Marcos C. Lange Vera L. Braatz Carolina Tomiyoshi Felipe M. Nóvak Artur F. Fernandes Laura N. Zamproni Élcio J. Piovesan Edison M. Nóvak Helio A.G. Teive Lineu C. Werneck Neurological diagnoses in the emergency room: differences between younger and older patients Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria doença do sistema nervoso AVC cefaléia convulsões serviço médico de emergência epidemiologia em serviços de saúde |
| title | Neurological diagnoses in the emergency room: differences between younger and older patients |
| title_full | Neurological diagnoses in the emergency room: differences between younger and older patients |
| title_fullStr | Neurological diagnoses in the emergency room: differences between younger and older patients |
| title_full_unstemmed | Neurological diagnoses in the emergency room: differences between younger and older patients |
| title_short | Neurological diagnoses in the emergency room: differences between younger and older patients |
| title_sort | neurological diagnoses in the emergency room differences between younger and older patients |
| topic | doença do sistema nervoso AVC cefaléia convulsões serviço médico de emergência epidemiologia em serviços de saúde |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2011000200014&lng=en&tlng=en |
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