RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Stroke and seizure continue to be the major brunt of in patient neurology care
JF Neurosciences Journal
JO Neurosciences (Riyadh)
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 13
OP 17
DO 10.17712/nsj.2018.1.20170207
VO 23
IS 1
A1 Azra Zafar
A1 Majed Alabdali
A1 Rizwana Shahid
A1 Danah Aljaafari
A1 Fahd A. Al-khamis
A1 Aishah I. Albakr
A1 Saima Nazish
A1 Abdulla A. Al Sulaiman
A1 Alon Abraham
YR 2018
UL http://nsj.org.sa/content/23/1/13.abstract
AB Objectives: To assess the burden and describe the pattern of neurological disorders requiring admissions in a teaching hospital of Al Khobar.Methods: This is a retrospective, cross sectional study, carried out in the Neurology Department of King Fahd Hospital of the University from January 2009 to December 2016. Neurological disorders were grouped as ischemic stroke, intracerebral hemorrhage, transient ischemic attack, cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, seizure disorders, central nervous system infection, multiple sclerosis, neuropathies, myopathies, headache, dementia and miscellaneous group. Data was entered and analyzed by Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS) version 22.0 (IBM Corp., Armonk, NY, USA).Results: The records of 1,317 patients admitted under Neurology Service were analyzed. Out of that, 740 (56.2%) were male and 577 (43.8%) were female. Mean age was 46.9±24 years (mean±standard deviation). Ischemic stroke was the most common diagnosis (32%) followed by seizures (20%). Multiple sclerosis accounted for around 8% and central nervous system infections 5% of neurological admission.Conclusion: Ischemic stroke was found to be the most common etiology for hospitalization in our study. The results of our study are similar to previous literature. An urgent need to control major risk factors such as diabetes and hypertension is warranted to minimize the burden of stroke.