Utilization of accident and emergency department at a semi-urban Nigerian hospital: a preliminary prospective study
| العنوان: | Utilization of accident and emergency department at a semi-urban Nigerian hospital: a preliminary prospective study |
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| المؤلفون: | Emmanuel Edighotu, Bukar Alhaji Grema, Abubakar Mohammed Musa, Ayuba Andesati, Rafiyat Bolanle Abu, Godpower Chinedu Michael, Ibrahim Aliyu, Hamisu Abubakar, Haliru Ibrahim |
| المصدر: | Journal of Acute Disease, Vol 8, Iss 3, Pp 106-112 (2019) |
| بيانات النشر: | Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2019. |
| سنة النشر: | 2019 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | medicine.medical_specialty, Typhoid intestinal perforation, Referral, business.industry, Emergency department, Mortality rate, Psychological intervention, lcsh:Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid, Nigeria, Systematic sampling, General Medicine, lcsh:RC86-88.9, Logistic regression, Utilization, Interquartile range, Emergency medicine, medicine, Resource-limited setting, Prospective cohort study, business |
| الوصف: | Objective: To assess emergency department utilization at a semi-urban (resource-limited) Nigerian hospital. Methods: A systematic random sampling technique was adopted. A proforma was used to obtain general information such as age, gender, mode of transfer, time of presentation, symptom duration, diagnoses, treatment duration, treatment outcome (transfer to the ward, referral to another hospital, discharge or death) and date and time of discharge. Chi-square test and logistic regression analysis were used to determine the association of variables with mortality and predictors, respectively. Results: Patients were predominantly male (62.2%) with a mean age of (36.0±19.0) years. Most visits occurred in September (49.1%). The median symptom duration was 24 h (interquartile range: 4.0, 72.0 ). More incidences were caused by non-surgical (61.9%) than surgical reasons. Infectious diseases (predominantly malaria, 34.5%) and injuries from road traffic accidents (mostly head injuries, 9.4%) were the commonest non-surgical and surgical cause, respectively. The mortality rate was 9.2%. Typhoid-intestinal-perforation and sepsis contributed 45.2% of overall mortality. Age (χ2=16.44, P |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 2589-5516 2221-6189 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::a96c1f20ec75bc4d5fc2da3980ea5beb http://www.jadweb.org/article.asp?issn=2221-6189;year=2019;volume=8;issue=3;spage=106;epage=112;aulast=Michael |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....a96c1f20ec75bc4d5fc2da3980ea5beb |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 25895516 22216189 |
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