Analysis of ophthalmic emergencies

Year 2016, Volume: 41 Issue: 2, 326 - 332, 30.06.2016

Müge Gülen , Mehmet Ay Selen Acehan Haldun Akoğlu Ferhat İçme Nalan Kozacı Mustafa Seğmen Salim Satar

https://doi.org/10.17826/cutf.210447

Cited By: 1

Abstract

Purpose: The aim of this study was to determine the admission complaints, demographic characteristics, etiology, diagnosis, and outcome of patients who admitted to emergency department with eye-related complaints.
Material and Methods: All patients, over the age of 18, who admitted to emergency department with eye-related complaints between June 2011 and May 2012, were included prospectively in this study. Demographic characteristics, etiology, admission complaints, diagnosis, and outcome of the patients in the emergency department were evaluated with statistical analysis.
Results: At the time of the study, a total of 201427 adult patients admitted to our emergency department and 3256 (1.6%) were included in the study. 77.5% of the patients (2524) were males. The most frequent diagnosis was trauma (30.3%) in female gender, whereas it was superficial foreign bodies (46.2%) in male gender. The most common cause of trauma was home accidents (57.4%) in females, whereas it was work accidents (73%) in males. Of patients admitted due to vision loss (0.46%), it was identified that these patients were older and visual loss is more dependent on non-traumatic ophthalmic emergencies. 
Conclusions: The majority of cases of ophthalmic emergencies are work accidents in young active workingmen patients group. The most common complaints of patients are trauma and superficial foreign bodies. Vision loss depends mostly on non-traumatic ophthalmic emergencies seen in the elderly.

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Göz acillerinin analizi

Abstract

Amaç: Acil servise göz ile ilgili şikayetlerle başvuran hastalarda başvuru şikayetleri, demografik özellikler, etyoloji, tanı ve hastaların sonlanımlarının belirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır.
Gereç ve Yöntem: Haziran 2011 ve Mayıs 2012 tarihleri arasında acil servise göz ile ilgili şikayetlerle başvuran 18 yaş üstü tüm hastalar bu çalışmaya prospektif olarak dahil edildi. Demografik özellikler, etyoloji, başvuru şikayetleri, tanı ve hastaların sonlanımları istatiksel analizlerle hesaplandı.
Bulgular: Çalışmanın yapıldığı zamanda acil servise toplamda 201427 erişkin hasta kabul edildi ve 3256’ sı (% 1.6) çalışmaya dahil edildi. Hastaların % 77.5’ i (2524) erkekti. Kadın cinsiyette en sık görülen tanı travma (% 30.3), erkek cinsiyette ise yüzeyel yabancı cisim (%46.2) idi. Kadınlarda en sık travma nedeni ev kazaları (%57.4) iken, erkeklerde iş kazaları (%73) idi. Görme kaybı ile başvuran hastaların (% 0.46) daha yaşlı olduğu ve görme kaybının daha çok travma dışı göz acilleri ile ilgili olduğu tespit edildi. 
Sonuç: Göz acillerinin en büyük kısmı, genç aktif çalışan hasta grubundaki iş kazalarıdır. En sık rastlanan hasta şikayeti travma ve yüzeyel yabancı cisimdir. Görme kaybı sıklıkla yaşlı hastalarda ve travmatik olmayan göz acilleri nedeniyle görülür.

Keywords

Acil, göz, görme kaybı

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