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Evaluation of Patients Who Referred to Emergency Department with Dermatologic Complaints

ACİL SERVİSE DERMATOLOJİK YAKINMALAR İLE BAŞVURAN HASTALARIN ANALİZİ

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Especially, patients with accompanying life-threatening systemic organ involvement should be hospitalized.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Aim:The aim of this study was to give information about demographic and clinical characteristics, consultation, discharge, hospitalization rates and life-threatening clinical presentations of patients presenting to the Emergency Department with dermatological complaints.
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Key Findings & Data:Materials and Methods:The study prospectively included patients older than 16 who were admitted to Erciyes University Hospital Emergency Department with dermatological complaints between.
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Conclusion & Impact:Especially, patients with accompanying life-threatening systemic organ involvement should be hospitalized.
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Aim:The aim of this study was to give information about demographic and clinical characteristics, consultation, discharge, hospitalization rates and life-threatening clinical presentations of patients presenting to the Emergency Department with dermatological complaints. Materials and Methods:The study prospectively included patients older than 16 who were admitted to Erciyes University Hospital Emergency Department with dermatological complaints between. The evaluated parameters were age, gender, patients history, complaint, complaint onset, the period spent until admission, type of lesion, diagnosis, consultations, hospitalization, and discharge status. Results:A total of 400 patients were included in the study. Patients who presented with dermatological complaints represented %0.70 of all patients admitted to the Emergency Department. 221 (55%) of the patients were female with a mean age of 38.6 years. Skin redness was the most common cause of admission (29.8%) and urticaria was the most common diagnosis (54.3%). 48.3% of the patients applied to the emergency department at least 24 hours after the onset of symptoms. 31% of the patients were consulted. ‘True dermatological emergencies’ such as necrotizing fasciitis, toxic epidermal necrolysis, and erythema multiforme, were diagnosed in only three patients (0.75%). 19% of the patients were hospitalized and the most common diagnosis was cellulitis (30.8%). The body surface area of the lesion alone did not affect the rate ofhospitalization. Conclusion:The proportion of patients presenting with dermatological complaints to the Emergency Department is limited. Especially, patients with accompanying life-threatening systemic organ involvement should be hospitalized.

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Amaç:Çalışmanın amacı Acil Servise dermatolojik yakınmalarla başvuran hastaların demografik ve klinik özellikleri, konsültasyon, taburculuk ve hastaneye yatış oranları ile hayati tehlike arz edebilecek klinik tabloları hakkında bilgi vermektir. Materyal ve Metot:Erciyes Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Acil Servisi’ne dermatolojik şikâyetlerle başvuran hastalardan 16 yaş ve üzeri olanlar dâhil edilerek prospektif olarak yapılmıştır. Değerlendirmede yaş, cinsiyet, özgeçmiş, başvuru yakınması ve ortaya çıkış zamanı, hastaneye başvurana kadar geçen süre, lezyonun tipi, tanısı, konsültasyonlar, hastaneye yatış ve taburculuk durumunu içeren parametreler yer almıştır. Bulgular:Çalışmaya toplam 400 hasta dâhil edilmiştir. Acil Servise başvuran hastaların % 0,70’ini dermatolojik yakınmalar ile gelenler oluşturuyordu. Hastaların 221’i (%55) kadın olup yaş ortalaması 38,6 yıldı.. Ciltte kızarıklık % 29,8 oranı ile en sık başvuru nedeni veürtikerençoktespitedilentanıdır(%54,3).Hastaların %48,3’ünün yakınmalar başladıktan en az 24 saat sonra Acil Servise başvurmuştur. %31’i konsülte edilmiş olup en sık nedenler; selülit ve anjioödemdir. ‘Gerçek dermatolojik acil’ olarak nitelendirilen nekrotizan fasiit, toksik epidermal nekroliz, eritema multiformebirerhastadagörülmüştür(%0.75).Hastaların %19’unun hastaneye yatırılmıştır ve en sık tanı selülittir (%30.8). Lezyon vücut yüzey alanının tek başına hastaneye yatış oranını etkilemediği görülmüştür. Sonuç:Dermatolojik yakınmalar ile başvuran hasta sayısının, tüm Acil Servis başvuruları içindeki oranı az olsa da özellikle yaşamı tehdit edebilecek sistemik organ etkilenmesi olan hastaların hastaneye yatırılarak tedavi edilmesi daha uygundur.

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ÖZTÜRK, T., AVŞAROĞULLARI, Ö. L., BORLU, M., TAŞLIDERE, B. (2019). Evaluation of Patients Who Referred to Emergency Department with Dermatologic Complaints. Namık Kemal Tıp Dergisi, Cilt: 7 - Sayı: 3, 209–216. https://ajindex.com/articles/289038

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