Epidemiological profile of surgery in emergency service
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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2176-7262.v53i3p247-251Keywords:
Epidemiology, General Surgery, Emergency Service, HospitalAbstract
Study model: Observational, analytical, and cross-sectional study. Objective: To analyze the epidemiological profile of patients from the emergency room of a private hospital who underwent surgery. Methodology: Study conducted in a private hospital with analysis of medical records of patients of both sexes aged 16 years or older who entered the institution's Emergency Department and were referred for surgery, from June to August 2017. Results: It was analyzed 104 medical records, of which 53.84% corresponded to males with a mean age of 46.03 years. The average length of stay was 4.22 days, with standard deviation 7.01 days and median of 2 days. Those with comorbidities corresponded to 70.19%. One patient died 83 years after neurosurgery with 62 days of hospitalization (0.96%). The largest range of surgeries corresponded to appendectomy with 25 procedures (43.85%), mean length of stay of 2.32 days, and mean age of 36.36 years. Conclusion: There was no statistical difference between genders (p = 0.23), and the mean age was 46 years with a mean length of stay of 4 days. Abdominal and locomotor disorders were the main causes of admission to the emergency room, maintaining the pattern previously established in the literature. Surgery for inflammatory diseases of the digestive tract emphasizes appendectomy due to acute appendicitis.
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