Survey study of the etiology of non-traumatic altered consciousness in the Emergency Department at Suez Canal University Hospital in Egypt

作     者：Bassant S Moussa Zeinab M Abd Elatiff Ghada M Kamal Eldin Elhadary 

作者机构：Emergency Medicine DepartmentSuez Canal UniversityFaculty of MedicineIsmailia 41522Egypt 

出 版 物：《World Journal of Clinical Cases》 (世界临床病例杂志)

年 卷 期：2023年第11卷第6期

页      面：1310-1317页

核心收录：

学科分类：100218[医学-急诊医学] 1002[医学-临床医学] 1010[医学-医学技术（可授医学、理学学位）] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Disturbed level of consciousness Non-traumatic Emergency department 

摘      要：BACKGROUND Disorders of consciousness including coma in non-trauma patients can be caused by a wide variety of pathologies affecting the central nervous *** represent a frequent challenge in emergency medicine and are combined with a very high in-hospital ***,early treatment of these patients is vital and increases the likelihood of a good *** To identify the causes of altered consciousness presentation to the Emergency Department at Suez Canal University *** This was a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted on 87 patients with acute non-traumatic disturbed level of consciousness(DLOC)at the Emergency *** The mean age of the studied patients was 60.5±13.6 *** them,60%were males and 40%were *** most common cause of acute non-traumatic DLOC was systemic infection,such as sepsis and septic shock(25.3%),followed by respiratory causes(24.1%)and neurological causes(18.4%).CONCLUSION The most common cause of acute non-traumatic DLOC was systemic infections followed by respiratory and neurological causes.