Zimmerman D R, Allegra J R, Cody R P
Department of Pediatrics, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA.
Pediatr Emerg Care. 1998 Apr;14(2):112-5. doi: 10.1097/00006565-199804000-00006.
To describe the epidemiology of pediatric visits to the emergency departments (EDs) of 10 general hospitals by age and gender.
Review of ICD-9 codes from the billing database of a practice of emergency physicians.
Ten hospitals in north/central New Jersey.
All children <18 years treated by group physicians in EDs of study hospitals.
None.
Diagnoses and visits.
There were 319,430 diagnoses recorded for 241,839 children (18.9% of the 1,277,233 total visits by all ages). The number of visits was highest in the <2 and >14 years age groups, with males predominating in all age groups. The number of visits from trauma increased with age. Otitis accounted for over 3% of all ED visits in this sample, over 7000 visits.
Children account for a significant portion of ED visits in general hospitals. EDs need to be equipped and staffed to handle this clientele.
按年龄和性别描述10家综合医院急诊科儿科就诊的流行病学情况。
回顾急诊医生业务计费数据库中的国际疾病分类第九版（ICD - 9）编码。
新泽西州北部/中部的10家医院。
研究医院急诊科由集体执业医生治疗的所有18岁以下儿童。
无。
诊断和就诊情况。
共记录了241,839名儿童的319,430例诊断（占各年龄段总就诊人次1,277,233的18.9%）。就诊人次在2岁以下和14岁以上年龄组最高，各年龄组均以男性居多。因创伤就诊的人次随年龄增加。中耳炎占该样本中所有急诊科就诊人次的3%以上，超过7000人次。
儿童占综合医院急诊科就诊人次的很大一部分。急诊科需要配备相应设备和人员以应对这类患者群体。
