斋月期间急诊室的就诊人数没有显著变化。

No significant alteration in admissions to emergency departments during Ramadan.

作者信息

Pekdemir Murat, Ersel Murat, Yilmaz Serkan, Uygun Mecit

机构信息

Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Turkey.

出版信息

J Emerg Med. 2010 Feb;38(2):253-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2008.03.013. Epub 2008 Oct 8.

DOI:10.1016/j.jemermed.2008.03.013

PMID:18842386

Abstract

BACKGROUND

Dietary and lifestyle changes during Ramadan may affect the appearance rate of emergency health problems or increase emergency department (ED) use.

OBJECTIVE

This study's aim was to investigate Ramadan's effects on ED use.

METHODS

The study group consisted of patients admitted to the ED during Ramadan, and the control group consisted of patients admitted during the 30-day period immediately after Ramadan. The study compared the daily number, diagnosis, and demographic and clinical characteristics of the two groups.

RESULTS

The study included 2079 patients. Of these, 1094 (52.6%) were admitted during Ramadan, and the remaining 985 (47.4%) formed the control group. The average number of patients admitted to the ED per day was 36.47 +/- 7.9 in the study group and 32.83 +/- 5.8 in the control group (p = 0.046). The two groups' demographic and clinical characteristics, such as age, sex, final diagnosis, admission times to ED, and diagnosis, were similar.

CONCLUSIONS

Our results show that during Ramadan, the clinical features of patients admitted to the ED and the number of ED admissions for specific ailments did not change significantly.

摘要

背景

斋月期间饮食和生活方式的改变可能会影响紧急健康问题的出现率或增加急诊科的使用。

目的

本研究旨在调查斋月对急诊科使用情况的影响。

方法

研究组由斋月期间入住急诊科的患者组成，对照组由斋月结束后紧接着的30天内入住的患者组成。该研究比较了两组的每日就诊人数、诊断情况以及人口统计学和临床特征。

结果

该研究纳入了2079名患者。其中，1094名（52.6%）在斋月期间入院，其余985名（47.4%）组成对照组。研究组每天入住急诊科的患者平均人数为36.47±7.9人，对照组为32.83±5.8人（p = 0.046）。两组的人口统计学和临床特征，如年龄、性别、最终诊断、入住急诊科的时间以及诊断情况，均相似。