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Adult , Humans , Leptospirosis/complications , Male , Myelitis, Transverse/etiology , Papilledema/etiologyABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: To audit the process of stroke care. DESIGN: Retrospective case record evaluation using an audit package designed by the Royal College of Physicians of London. SETTING: Institute of Neurology, National Hospital of Sri Lanka, Colombo. PATIENTS: 263 patients with stroke admitted over a period of 3 years. MEASUREMENTS: Documentation of 60 audit items related to 13 aspects of stroke care. RESULTS: The process of care was considered 'very good' for only 11 (18.3%), and 'good' for only 9 (15%) of the audit items. Care was 'average' for 5 (8.3%), 'poor' for 9 (15%) and 'very poor' for 26 (43.3%) of the items. CONCLUSIONS: Stroke care was suboptimal in many aspects. Care related to rehabilitation oriented neurological assessments, initiation of secondary preventive measures, rehabilitation planning and discharge planning were especially deficient. Competing interests: none declared. Some of the data reported in this paper have been presented at the Annual Scientific Sessions of the Sri Lanka Medical Association, 1998.
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Humans , Medical Audit , Retrospective Studies , Sri Lanka , Stroke/therapySubject(s)
Brain Diseases/complications , Brain Stem , Fatal Outcome , Female , Humans , Hyperventilation/etiology , Middle AgedSubject(s)
Adult , Age Factors , Causality , Cerebral Infarction/diagnosis , Echocardiography , Hemianopsia/diagnosis , Hemoglobinuria, Paroxysmal/complications , Humans , Hyperhomocysteinemia/complications , Male , Paresis/diagnosis , Protein C Deficiency/complications , Stroke/diagnosis , Tomography, X-Ray ComputedABSTRACT
We describe a case of hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy (HSAN) type II in a child with a penetrating foot ulcer, acral sensory impairment, and anhidrosis. This is the first documentation of HSAN in Sri Lanka.