Table 2.
Reasons for neurological consultation
| Neurological disturbance (N = 35) | N | Reason for admission (N) | Complication during admission (N) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stroke | 11 | 4 | 7 |
| Ischemic | 10 | 4 | 6 |
| Brain hemorrhage | 1 | 1 | |
| Encephalopathy* | 7 | 7 | |
| Seizures** | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| Isolated focal | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Focal nonconvulsive status | 2 | 2 | |
| Generalized tonic-clonic | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Neuropathy | 5 | 5 | |
| Sixth-nerve palsy | 1 | 1 | |
| Seventh-nerve palsy, unilateral | 1 | 1 | |
| Bilateral facial palsy | 1 | 1 | |
| Peripheral neuropathy | 1 | 1 | |
| AIDP | 1 | 1 | |
| Syncope (non-convulsive) | 2 | 2 | |
| Migraine, severe**** | 1 | 1 | |
| Anosmia (isolated) | 1 | 1 | |
| Critical illness myopathy | 1 | 1 | |
| Dysarthria (residual) exacerbation | 1 | 1 |
*Included in this group are patients whose reason of consultation was encephalopathic symptoms without focal neurologic deficit of different etiologies, and one patient with coma of unknown origin, who additionally presented a status epilepticus as a complication
**All patients with de novo seizures, except one with previous history of pharmaco-resistant structural epilepsy and gelastic seizures (hypothalamic hamartoma), included in focal nonconvulsive status group
***AIDP acute inflammatory demyelinating disease
****Patient with history of migraine that worsened during admission