Morrow J I, Patterson V H
Downe Hospital, Downpatrick, Northern Ireland.
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1987 Nov;50(11):1397-401. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.50.11.1397.
In a one year prospective study, 19% of 925 adult medical admissions to a district general hospital (the Downe Hospital, Downpatrick, Northern Ireland) were due primarily to a neurological complaint. A further 19 cases had an active neurological disorder which contributed to their hospital admission. Most were acute admissions via the General Practitioner or through the Accident and Emergency Department, a situation different from the practice of most regional neurological centres. Only 15 patients (8% of the neurological cases) were referred to a specialist centre.
在一项为期一年的前瞻性研究中,一家地区综合医院(唐郡医院,北爱尔兰唐帕特里克)收治的925名成年内科患者中,19%主要是因神经科疾病入院。另有19例患者患有活动性神经疾病,这也是他们入院的原因之一。大多数患者是通过全科医生或急诊科急性入院的,这种情况与大多数地区神经科中心的情况不同。只有15名患者(占神经科病例的8%)被转诊至专科中心。