4.1 Limitations
This research examined all urgent consultation cases in a 4-year period in the study hospital; the emergency department was excluded because of its special case recording system. While this study is the first large retrospective sample survey of inpatients applying for urgent neurologic consultation, it was limited by the discipline distribution of the study hospital. Thus, the results might not be applicable to other hospitals. To fully grasp the current state of urgent neurologic consultation, large-scale cases and multicenter studies should be undertaken in the future.
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