Limitations
The analysis reflects retrospectively all of the urgent consultation cases within 4 years in our hospital except for the emergency department because of the special case recorded system. This analysis is limited by the discipline distribution of our hospital. The results may be not applicable to other hospitals. To know the current condition of urgent neurologic consultation, a large scale cases and multicenter study should be done in the future.
Acknowledgements: see in Title page
Conflict of interests
This study was approved by the First Affiliated Hospital Ethics Committee of XXX We have nothing to disclose financial or other conflict of interests.
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