Profiles of the patients in the Emergency Internal Medicine Unit: One-year experience

Volume: 31 Number: 1 March 1, 2005
  • Celaleddin Demircan
  • Cem Çekiç
  • Nalan Akgül
  • Ahmet Odabaşı
  • Nermin Çalışır
  • Sinem Kıyıcı
  • Uğur Yuvanç
  • Cemile Haki
  • Murat Keskin
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Profiles of the patients in the Emergency Internal Medicine Unit: One-year experience

Abstract

The objective of this study was to obtain epidemiologic data about the patients who were admitted to Emergency Internal Medicine Unit, consultations that were made by internal medical clinics, their diagnosis and the ratio of hospitalization. The data of the patients who were admitted to Emergency Internal Medicine Unit of Uludag University Medical Faculty Hospital in a period of 12 months, between June 1, 2002 and May 31, 2003 were obtained from the Emergency Internal Medicine Unit Daily Patient Charts. Major symptoms of the patients, consultations of internal medical clinics, diagnosis and hospitalization ratios were analyzed retrospectively.In 12 months, 21934 patients were admitted to the Emergency Department and 6751 of them (30.7%) referred to Emergency Internal Medicine Unit. They were consulted 8732 times, 4748 of them (70.3%) consulted by only one clinic and 2003 of them consulted by two or more clinics. 2657 patients (39.4%) were hospitalized into different internal medical clinics, 107 patients (%1.6) were hospitalized into different surgery clinics, 506 patients (7.5%) were transferred to other hospitals, 35 patients (0.5%) died in Emergency Department and the other 3446 patients (%51.0) were discharged after their treatment were planned. The patients were consulted most frequently by Internal Medicine (2796), Cardiology (2268) and Neurology (1605) clinics and the most frequent major symptoms were chest pain (898), dyspnea (782) and altered level of consciousness (447), the most frequent diagnoses were various infectious diseases (785), acute coronary syndromes (462), intoxications (417) and emergencies related to oncologic-haematologic malignity (358).

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Celaleddin Demircan This is me

Cem Çekiç This is me

Nalan Akgül This is me

Ahmet Odabaşı This is me

Nermin Çalışır This is me

Sinem Kıyıcı This is me

Uğur Yuvanç This is me

Cemile Haki This is me

Murat Keskin This is me

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March 1, 2005

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March 1, 2005

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Year 2005 Volume: 31 Number: 1

APA
Demircan, C., Çekiç, C., Akgül, N., Odabaşı, A., Çalışır, N., Kıyıcı, S., Yuvanç, U., Haki, C., & Keskin, M. (2005). Profiles of the patients in the Emergency Internal Medicine Unit: One-year experience. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty, 31(1), 39-43. https://izlik.org/JA78JY57LB
AMA
1.Demircan C, Çekiç C, Akgül N, et al. Profiles of the patients in the Emergency Internal Medicine Unit: One-year experience. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty. 2005;31(1):39-43. https://izlik.org/JA78JY57LB
Chicago
Demircan, Celaleddin, Cem Çekiç, Nalan Akgül, et al. 2005. “Profiles of the Patients in the Emergency Internal Medicine Unit: One-Year Experience”. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty 31 (1): 39-43. https://izlik.org/JA78JY57LB.
EndNote
Demircan C, Çekiç C, Akgül N, Odabaşı A, Çalışır N, Kıyıcı S, Yuvanç U, Haki C, Keskin M (March 1, 2005) Profiles of the patients in the Emergency Internal Medicine Unit: One-year experience. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty 31 1 39–43.
IEEE
[1]C. Demircan et al., “Profiles of the patients in the Emergency Internal Medicine Unit: One-year experience”, Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty, vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 39–43, Mar. 2005, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA78JY57LB
ISNAD
Demircan, Celaleddin - Çekiç, Cem - Akgül, Nalan - Odabaşı, Ahmet - Çalışır, Nermin - Kıyıcı, Sinem - Yuvanç, Uğur - Haki, Cemile - Keskin, Murat. “Profiles of the Patients in the Emergency Internal Medicine Unit: One-Year Experience”. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty 31/1 (March 1, 2005): 39-43. https://izlik.org/JA78JY57LB.
JAMA
1.Demircan C, Çekiç C, Akgül N, Odabaşı A, Çalışır N, Kıyıcı S, Yuvanç U, Haki C, Keskin M. Profiles of the patients in the Emergency Internal Medicine Unit: One-year experience. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty. 2005;31:39–43.
MLA
Demircan, Celaleddin, et al. “Profiles of the Patients in the Emergency Internal Medicine Unit: One-Year Experience”. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty, vol. 31, no. 1, Mar. 2005, pp. 39-43, https://izlik.org/JA78JY57LB.
Vancouver
1.Celaleddin Demircan, Cem Çekiç, Nalan Akgül, Ahmet Odabaşı, Nermin Çalışır, Sinem Kıyıcı, Uğur Yuvanç, Cemile Haki, Murat Keskin. Profiles of the patients in the Emergency Internal Medicine Unit: One-year experience. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty [Internet]. 2005 Mar. 1;31(1):39-43. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA78JY57LB

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