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YAfiLILARIN AC<L SERV<SE BAfiVURMA NEDENLER<: KARS'TA RETROSPEKT<F B<R ÇALIfiMA

AETIOLOGY OF EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT ADMISSION OF THE ELDERLY: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY IN KARS

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19–26
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2022-11-05
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In addition, our results indicated that 5.2% of the elderly patients were admitted mostly to the coronary intensive care.Conclusion: Circulatory disorders were the most common cause of the emergency visits andhospitalization of elderly patients.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Introduction: The demand for emergency services has been growing with increasing elderlypopulation.
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Key Findings & Data:This study aims to determine the underlying aetiologies of the emergency department visits by the elderly for proper planning of future services.Materials and Method: The medical records of patients above the age of 65 years who visited the Emergency Department of the Health, Research and Training Hospital of Kafkas University between 1 January 2013 and 1 January 2015 were retrospectively analysed using the ICD-10diagnostic codes for data classification.Results: Geriatric patients rate amongst total number of emergency cases were 19.6%.
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Conclusion & Impact:In addition, our results indicated that 5.2% of the elderly patients were admitted mostly to the coronary intensive care.Conclusion: Circulatory disorders were the most common cause of the emergency visits andhospitalization of elderly patients.
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Introduction: The demand for emergency services has been growing with increasing elderlypopulation. This study aims to determine the underlying aetiologies of the emergency department visits by the elderly for proper planning of future services.Materials and Method: The medical records of patients above the age of 65 years who visited the Emergency Department of the Health, Research and Training Hospital of Kafkas University between 1 January 2013 and 1 January 2015 were retrospectively analysed using the ICD-10diagnostic codes for data classification.Results: Geriatric patients rate amongst total number of emergency cases were 19.6%. Theaverage age of patients included in this study was 74.29±7.04 and 53.6% of them were males.The majority of emergency department visits by the elderly were during summers, and 46.3% ofthem were included in the category red. Circulatory system diseases (46.3%); respiratory systemdiseases (15.6%); musculoskeletal diseases (9%); endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases(6.5%) and non-specific symptoms and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings (4.5%) were thetop five causes for the emergency department visits by the elderly. In addition, our results indicated that 5.2% of the elderly patients were admitted mostly to the coronary intensive care.Conclusion: Circulatory disorders were the most common cause of the emergency visits andhospitalization of elderly patients. These results highlight the need for new studies for prevention of circulatory system diseases, strategic planning for emergency care services and development of relevant protocols and policies.

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Giriş: Yaşlı nüfusun artmasıyla birlikte acil hizmetlere de gereksinim artmaktadır. Bu çalışmahizmetlerin uygun şekilde planlanması amacıyla acil servise başvuran yaşlıların başvurma nedenlerinin belirlenmesidir. Gereç ve Yöntem: Kafkas Üniversitesi Sağlık, Araştırma ve Eğitim Hastanesi Acil servisine 1Ocak 2013 ve 1 Ocak 2015 tarihleri arasında başvuran 65 yaş üstü yaşlıların tıbbi kayıtları ICD-10tanı kodları sınıflama sistemine göre retrospektif olarak analiz edilmiştir. Bulgular: Toplam hastalar içinde acil servise başvuran yaşlı hasta yüzdesi 19,6'dır. Çalışmaya katılan yaşlıların yaş ortalaması 74,29±7,04, %53,6'sı erkek hastadır. Yaşlı hastalar en fazla yazmevsiminde acil servise başvurmuştur ve %46,3'ü kırmızı odaya alınmıştır. Yaşlıların acil servisebaşvuru nedenleri arasında ilk beş sırada dolaşım sistemi hastalıkları (%46,3), solunum sistemihastalıkları (%15,6), kas iskelet sistemi hastalıkları (%9), endokrin beslenme ve metabolik hastalıklar (%6,5), semptomlar ve anormal klinik ve laboratuar bulguları (%4,5) yer almaktadır. Ayrıcayaşlıların %5,2 sıklıkla en fazla koroner yoğun bakım ünitesine yatırıldığı belirlenmiştir. Sonuç: Yaşlı hastaların acile başvuru ve yatış nedenleri arasında dolaşım problemleri birincisırada yer almaktadır. Bu nedenle dolaşım sistemi hastalıklarına yönelik korunma amacıyla yeniçalışmaların yapılması, acil bakım hizmetlerinin planlanması ve protokol ve sistemlerin geliştirilmesi önerilmiştir.

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AKKUŞ, Y., ÖZTÜRK, E. E., ÇIŞAR, G., ELNARE, G., PALAS, M. B. (2022). YAfiLILARIN AC<L SERV<SE BAfiVURMA NEDENLER<: KARS'TA RETROSPEKT<F B<R ÇALIfiMA. Türk Geriatri Dergisi, Cilt: 19 - Sayı: 1, 19–26. https://ajindex.com/articles/623790

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