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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
The burden of inpatient neurologic disease in two Ethiopian hospitals
Neurology, Volume 68, No. 5, Year 2007
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Description
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. ©2007AAN Enterprises, Inc.
Authors & Co-Authors
Bower, James H.
United States, Rochester
Mayo Clinic
Asmera, J.
Ethiopia, Gondar
University of Gondar
Zebenigus, Mehila
Ethiopia, Addis Ababa
School of Medicine
Sandroni, P.
United States, Rochester
Mayo Clinic
Bower, S. M.
United States, Rochester
Mayo Clinic
Zenebe, Guta
Ethiopia, Addis Ababa
School of Medicine
Statistics
Citations: 45
Authors: 6
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1212/01.wnl.0000252801.61190.e8
ISSN:
00283878
Study Locations
Ethiopia