Research Article

Evaluation of Consultations from the Emergency Department to Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volume: 10 Number: 2 August 31, 2021
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Evaluation of Consultations from the Emergency Department to Obstetrics and Gynecology

Abstract

PURPOSE: This study aimed to investigate the results and necessity of the consultations by examining the patients who were consulted to the Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinic from the Emergency Department (ED). METHODS: We retrospectively scanned the data of patients who were consulted to the Gynecology and Obstetrics clinic from the ED between January 2019 and June 2020. The patients' age, complaints at the time of admission to the ED, initial diagnoses, comorbidities, obstetric characteristics and gestational weeks of pregnant women, reasons for consultation, surgical operations performed, radiological and laboratory tests, outcomes in the ED (discharge, hospitalization, exitus, referral) were recorded. RESULTS:17.9% of the patients were consulted for gynecological reasons and 82.1% for obstetric reasons. The most common reason due to obstetric reasons was labor pain (25.50%). The second most common reason was pelvic pain (20.51%). We found that 14.7% of the patients gave birth and 4.6% had emergency surgery. 30.6% of the patients consulted from the ED were referred to gynecology and obstetrics outpatient clinic. No Obstetrics and Gynecology pathology was found in 15% of the patients. CONCLUSİON: Consultations process have a crucial place in the ED. Organizing training programs in institutions that train specialist physicians and organizing the consultation process with inter-clinic meetings can prevent unnecessary consultations.

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Supporting Institution

The author(s) received no financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

Project Number

This study protocol was approved by Clinical Research Ethical Committee of Aksaray University Faculty of Medicine with a protocol number of 2020/13-30 and conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and Good Clinical Practices.

Thanks

The authors thank all the participants in this study

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Clinical Sciences

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

August 31, 2021

Submission Date

February 5, 2021

Acceptance Date

June 8, 2021

Published in Issue

Year 2021 Volume: 10 Number: 2

APA
Soykan Sert, Z., & Sert, E. T. (2021). Evaluation of Consultations from the Emergency Department to Obstetrics and Gynecology. Abant Medical Journal, 10(2), 205-211. https://doi.org/10.47493/abantmedj.875378
AMA
1.Soykan Sert Z, Sert ET. Evaluation of Consultations from the Emergency Department to Obstetrics and Gynecology. Abant Med J. 2021;10(2):205-211. doi:10.47493/abantmedj.875378
Chicago
Soykan Sert, Zekiye, and Ekrem Taha Sert. 2021. “Evaluation of Consultations from the Emergency Department to Obstetrics and Gynecology”. Abant Medical Journal 10 (2): 205-11. https://doi.org/10.47493/abantmedj.875378.
EndNote
Soykan Sert Z, Sert ET (August 1, 2021) Evaluation of Consultations from the Emergency Department to Obstetrics and Gynecology. Abant Medical Journal 10 2 205–211.
IEEE
[1]Z. Soykan Sert and E. T. Sert, “Evaluation of Consultations from the Emergency Department to Obstetrics and Gynecology”, Abant Med J, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 205–211, Aug. 2021, doi: 10.47493/abantmedj.875378.
ISNAD
Soykan Sert, Zekiye - Sert, Ekrem Taha. “Evaluation of Consultations from the Emergency Department to Obstetrics and Gynecology”. Abant Medical Journal 10/2 (August 1, 2021): 205-211. https://doi.org/10.47493/abantmedj.875378.
JAMA
1.Soykan Sert Z, Sert ET. Evaluation of Consultations from the Emergency Department to Obstetrics and Gynecology. Abant Med J. 2021;10:205–211.
MLA
Soykan Sert, Zekiye, and Ekrem Taha Sert. “Evaluation of Consultations from the Emergency Department to Obstetrics and Gynecology”. Abant Medical Journal, vol. 10, no. 2, Aug. 2021, pp. 205-11, doi:10.47493/abantmedj.875378.
Vancouver
1.Zekiye Soykan Sert, Ekrem Taha Sert. Evaluation of Consultations from the Emergency Department to Obstetrics and Gynecology. Abant Med J. 2021 Aug. 1;10(2):205-11. doi:10.47493/abantmedj.875378

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