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Non-inflammatory causes of emergency consultation in patients with multiple sclerosis

Rodríguez de Antonio, L A ; García Castañón, I ; Aguilar-Amat Prior, M J ; Puertas, I ; González Suárez, I ; Oreja Guevara, C

Neurologia (Barcelona, Spain), 2021-07 [Periódico revisado por pares]

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  • Título:
    Non-inflammatory causes of emergency consultation in patients with multiple sclerosis
  • Autor: Rodríguez de Antonio, L A ; García Castañón, I ; Aguilar-Amat Prior, M J ; Puertas, I ; González Suárez, I ; Oreja Guevara, C
  • É parte de: Neurologia (Barcelona, Spain), 2021-07
  • Descrição: To describe non-relapse-related emergency consultations of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS): causes, difficulties in the diagnosis, clinical characteristics, and treatments administered. We performed a retrospective study of patients who attended a multiple sclerosis day hospital due to suspected relapse and received an alternative diagnosis, over a 2-year period. Demographic data, clinical characteristics, final diagnosis, and treatments administered were evaluated. Patients who were initially diagnosed with pseudo-relapse and ultimately diagnosed with true relapse were evaluated specifically. As an exploratory analysis, patients who consulted with non-inflammatory causes were compared with a randomly selected cohort of patients with true relapses who attended the centre in the same period. The study included 50 patients (33 were women; mean age 41.4±11.7years). Four patients (8%) were initially diagnosed with pseudo-relapse and later diagnosed as having a true relapse. Fever and vertigo were the main confounding factors. The non-inflammatory causes of emergency consultation were: neurological, 43.5% (20 patients); infectious, 15.2% (7); psychiatric, 10.9% (5); vertigo, 8.6% (4); trauma, 10.9% (5); and miscellaneous, 10.9% (5). MS-related symptoms constituted the most frequent cause of non-inflammatory emergency consultations. Close follow-up of relapse and pseudo-relapse is necessary to detect incorrect initial diagnoses, avoid unnecessary treatments, and relieve patients' symptoms.
  • Editor: Spain
  • Idioma: Inglês
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