Table 3.

Primary neurologic and medical problems leading to hospital admission.

Diagnosis
Diagnosis Neuro	Counts	Diagnosis Systemic	Counts
Brain tumor/primary or mets	123	Dermatological/Musculoskeletal	9
CNS infection/inflammation	111	Endocrine emergency	23
Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy/Anoxic brain injury	142	Gastrointestinal non-hemorrhagic	24
Other TBI (including SAH)	18	Genitourinary	43
Other neurosurgical (non tumor/trauma) (eg EVD/VPS etc)	10	Immunological	5
Other structural-degenerative diseases	35	Liver disorders	49
Primary psychiatric disorder	39	Malignancy (solid tumors/hematologic)	84
SAH	160	Non head trauma (including spine)	13
SDH	103	Other post operative (eg CT surgery, transplant)	7
SDH + other TBI (including SAH)	52	Primary hematological disorder	22
Seizures/status epilepticus	387	Renal failure	96
Spells (behavioral events suspicious for seizures)	6	Respiratory disorders	393
Toxic metabolic encephalopathy	161	Systemic hemorrhage	9
hemorrhagic stroke	137	cardiovascular disorders	251
ischemic stroke	91	Total	1028
Epilepsy/suspected Epilepsy (EEG)	252
Total	1827

Abbreviations: mets = metastases; CNS = central nervous system; TBI = traumatic brain injury; EVD = external ventricular drain; VPS = ventriculoperitoneal shunt; SAH = subarachnoid hemorrhage; SDH = subdural hematoma; EEG = electroencephalography; EMU = epilepsy monitoring unit; CT = cardiothoracic surgery.