Analysis of the Process of Consultations in the Emergency Department

Volume: 43 Number: 1 March 1, 2017
  • Serdar Süha Dönmez
  • Vahide Aslıhan Durak
  • Gökhan Torun
  • Özlem Köksal
  • Şule Aydın
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Analysis of the Process of Consultations in the Emergency Department

Abstract

In this study, we aimed to evaluate the epidemiological characteristics of the patients who are admitted to Emergency Department (ED) and the process of consultations. 2013 patients were included in the study. The epidemiological characteristics of patients such as age and gender, prediagnosis/diagnosis, hospitalization or referring to other hospital and mortality rates and the consulted departments, stay length in ED and process of consultation were investigated. 521 (25.9%) of patients applied to hospital between 16:00-19:59 hours and these were the most common appeal hours. The most frequent reasons of consultation requests were,not-complicated traumas (33.5%), cardio-vascular diseases (9.5%) in ED.58.6% of patients were discharged from ED, 27.9% of the patients were hospitalized to different clinics, %9.1 of the patients were referred to another health center. 407 (20.21%) patients stayed in the ED longer than 8 hours. Additional therapies or diagnostic interventions (2.8%) which were performed by any department increased the lenght of consultation. There was a significant relationship between the number of consultation request and the patients age and time of the admission to the ED (p

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Serdar Süha Dönmez This is me

Vahide Aslıhan Durak This is me

Gökhan Torun This is me

Özlem Köksal This is me

Şule Aydın This is me

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Year 2017 Volume: 43 Number: 1

APA
Dönmez, S. S., Durak, V. A., Torun, G., Köksal, Ö., & Aydın, Ş. (2017). Analysis of the Process of Consultations in the Emergency Department. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty, 43(1), 23-28. https://izlik.org/JA85HG62NN
AMA
1.Dönmez SS, Durak VA, Torun G, Köksal Ö, Aydın Ş. Analysis of the Process of Consultations in the Emergency Department. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty. 2017;43(1):23-28. https://izlik.org/JA85HG62NN
Chicago
Dönmez, Serdar Süha, Vahide Aslıhan Durak, Gökhan Torun, Özlem Köksal, and Şule Aydın. 2017. “Analysis of the Process of Consultations in the Emergency Department”. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty 43 (1): 23-28. https://izlik.org/JA85HG62NN.
EndNote
Dönmez SS, Durak VA, Torun G, Köksal Ö, Aydın Ş (March 1, 2017) Analysis of the Process of Consultations in the Emergency Department. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty 43 1 23–28.
IEEE
[1]S. S. Dönmez, V. A. Durak, G. Torun, Ö. Köksal, and Ş. Aydın, “Analysis of the Process of Consultations in the Emergency Department”, Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty, vol. 43, no. 1, pp. 23–28, Mar. 2017, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA85HG62NN
ISNAD
Dönmez, Serdar Süha - Durak, Vahide Aslıhan - Torun, Gökhan - Köksal, Özlem - Aydın, Şule. “Analysis of the Process of Consultations in the Emergency Department”. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty 43/1 (March 1, 2017): 23-28. https://izlik.org/JA85HG62NN.
JAMA
1.Dönmez SS, Durak VA, Torun G, Köksal Ö, Aydın Ş. Analysis of the Process of Consultations in the Emergency Department. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty. 2017;43:23–28.
MLA
Dönmez, Serdar Süha, et al. “Analysis of the Process of Consultations in the Emergency Department”. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty, vol. 43, no. 1, Mar. 2017, pp. 23-28, https://izlik.org/JA85HG62NN.
Vancouver
1.Serdar Süha Dönmez, Vahide Aslıhan Durak, Gökhan Torun, Özlem Köksal, Şule Aydın. Analysis of the Process of Consultations in the Emergency Department. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty [Internet]. 2017 Mar. 1;43(1):23-8. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA85HG62NN

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