Jeong Joongsik, Kim Yun Jeong, Kong So Yeon, Shin Sang Do, Ro Young Sun, Wi Dae Han, Kim Sang Chul, Sun Kyong Min, Kim Suhee, Kim Sola, Kang Saee Byel, Bitang Louis Joss, Hollong Bonaventure, Wallis Lee
Yaoundé Emergency Center (Centre des Urgences de Yaoundé), Yaoundé, Republic of Cameroon.
Seongnam Citizens Medical Center, Seongnam, Republic of Korea.
Afr J Emerg Med. 2022 Mar;12(1):77-84. doi: 10.1016/j.afjem.2021.12.002. Epub 2022 Jan 20.
Most countries in Sub-Saharan Africa have struggled to utilize health information technology and thus lack in accurate patient data. This paper describes the method of collecting patient data and patient characteristics in an emergency centre in Yaoundé, Cameroon. We developed an Epi Info-based data entry form to collect data of the patients who visited the Centre des Urgences de Yaoundé (CURY) from January 2016 to June 2018. Demographic, clinical symptoms, treatments and outcome data were collected. Additional data on the patients with multiple trauma, chest pain, sepsis/septic shock, and stroke were also collected. During the study period, a total of 18,875 patients' data were collected (44.5% women, median age of 36). Of the total patients, 2.4% had chest pain, 2.7% had stroke, 1.9% had sepsis/septic shock, and 1.6% had multiple trauma. About 6.0% patients received operation and majority of patients were discharged either normally (48.2%) or with continuity of care (26.3%). About 5.0% of patients were transferred to other hospital and 5.2% of patients were dead. This study serves to broaden understanding of the emergency patients in Yaoundé, Cameroon.
撒哈拉以南非洲的大多数国家在利用卫生信息技术方面一直存在困难，因此缺乏准确的患者数据。本文描述了在喀麦隆雅温得的一个急救中心收集患者数据及患者特征的方法。我们开发了一个基于Epi Info的数据录入表单，以收集2016年1月至2018年6月期间前往雅温得急救中心（CURY）就诊的患者的数据。收集了人口统计学、临床症状、治疗及结局数据。还收集了关于多发伤、胸痛、脓毒症/脓毒性休克及中风患者的额外数据。在研究期间，共收集了18875例患者的数据（女性占44.5%，中位年龄为36岁）。在所有患者中，2.4%有胸痛，2.7%有中风，1.9%有脓毒症/脓毒性休克，1.6%有多发伤。约6.0%的患者接受了手术，大多数患者正常出院（48.2%）或接受连续性护理出院（26.3%）。约5.0%的患者被转至其他医院，5.2%的患者死亡。本研究有助于拓宽对喀麦隆雅温得急救患者的了解。
