Neurologische Leitsymptome in einer Notaufnahme

Translated title of the contribution: Neurological chief complaints in an emergency room

G. Royl*, C. J. Ploner, M. Möckel, C. Leithner

*Corresponding author for this work
20 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

Neurological chief complaints often lead patients into the emergency room. In order to establish standard emergency workups it is important to know the frequency of neurological chief complaints. Therefore, we performed a retrospective study on 4,132 consecutive neurological patients in the emergency room over a 1-year period. The most frequent chief complaint was headache (20%) followed by motor deficit (13%), vertigo (12%) and epileptic seizure (11%). In conclusion, the neurological workup in the emergency room can be optimized by establishing clinical decision-making rules for the four most frequent chief complaints.

Translated title of the contributionNeurological chief complaints in an emergency room
Original languageGerman
JournalNervenarzt
Volume81
Issue number10
Pages (from-to)1226-1230
Number of pages5
ISSN0028-2804
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 01.10.2010

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