Gazzaz Zohair J, Dhafar Khalid O, Maimini Othman, Farooq Mian Usman, Ahmad Iftikhar
Department of Health Research, Alnoor Specialist Hospital, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
Niger Med J. 2012 Jul;53(3):129-31. doi: 10.4103/0300-1652.104380.
This study aimed to highlight the health seeking behavior of children in an Emergency Department (ED).
Retrospective files review of ED was done for the month of July, 2008. Data about the children ≤12 years of age was gathered.
In one month period a total 21000 patients visited our ED, out of them 6120 (29%) were children. Males, Saudis and children of (1-6 years) were more frequent, i.e., 3540 (57.8%), 5760 (94.1%) and 3180 (52%), respectively. Majority of patients visited in shift "2", i.e., 15:30 hours to 23:30 hours. Among the patients "diseases of respiratory system" were found more frequent 4170 (68.1%) and main diagnosis was "acute upper respiratory tract infection" 3300 (53.9%). Non-urgent cases were 2020 (33%) while 244 (4%) were admitted.
Young children as well as non-urgent cases were predominant. Evening shift was the busiest one.
本研究旨在突出急诊科儿童的就医行为。
对2008年7月急诊科的病历进行回顾性审查。收集了12岁及以下儿童的数据。
在一个月的时间里,共有21000名患者前来我院急诊科就诊,其中6120名(29%)为儿童。男性、沙特人以及1至6岁的儿童更为常见,分别为3540名(57.8%)、5760名(94.1%)和3180名(52%)。大多数患者在“2班”就诊,即15:30至23:30。在患者中,“呼吸系统疾病”更为常见,有4170名(68.1%),主要诊断为“急性上呼吸道感染”,有3300名(53.9%)。非紧急病例有2020名(33%),而244名(4%)被收治。
幼儿和非紧急病例占主导。晚班是最繁忙的。