NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND DISEASES: PREVALANCE AND INCIDENCE IN TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL

Aims and objectives: The aim is to explore concerning prevalence and incidence of neurological diseases and disorders with in a tertiary care hospital. Methods: A prospective, observational study was conducted out throughout the neurology department of Aware Gleneagles Global Hospitals, Hyderabad. A maximum of 161 cases were been eventually diagnosed to neurological disorders in the in-patient Department, study was carried out for a period of 6 months categorized based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria. On the side of the study, data was obtained from in-patient case records, and patients were assessed accordingly. Results: A total of 161 patients were chosen, with males comprising 98 (61%) and females accounting 63 (39%). Most people affected belonged to the age group of 51- 60 years. 78 % of the subjects had coexisting diseases. Subjects with neurological disorders that had been diagnosed were stroke 70, migraine 6, vertigo 4, meningitis 2, meningoencephalitis 3, vestibular neuronitis 5, seizures 34, neuropathies 7, Guillian Barre syndrome 16, psychiatric disorders 6, Parkinson’s disease 9, spinal injury 16, brain tumors 2, traumatic brain injury 12, sciatica 2, and in Alzheimer’s disease, bell’s palsy, trigeminal neuralgia, headache, intracranial hypertension, Sjogren’s syndrome, myasthenia gravis are of 1 in each. Guillian Barre syndrome was 95 % more prone in autoimmune disorders, with GBS with autonomic neuropathy 13 %, GBS with Hepatopathy 10%, and GBS+AIDP, CIDP, and Diabetic neuropathy 1 in each. Subjects with traumatic brain injury had their GCS scores properly assessed, and thus 25 % had GCS 3-8, 42 % had GCS 9-12, and 33 % had GCS 13-15. Conclusion: The prevalence and incidence of neurological disease and disorders were studied first at demographics of the patients; it was observed that males are more prone to neurological ailments, while their age range is between 13 and 85 years.

Key words: Stroke, seizures, migraine, guillian barre syndrome, myasthenia gravis.