An analysis of the causes of the admission of children to the Emergency Department in Słupsk
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.21164/pomjlifesci.291Keywords:
dziecko, Szpitalny Oddział Ratunkowy, przyczyna przyjęcia, wypisanieAbstract
Introduction: Childhood illnesses are a major problem that very often require the emergency hospitalization of children. In 2013 the largest percentage of hospitalized children were those up to 4 years old. The most common cause of hospitalization for children is respiratory infections of viral, bacterial and allergic origin.
The conducted research aimed at analyzing the most common causes of admissions of children to the Emergency Department in Słupsk (ED).
Materials and methods: The research group represented 372 paediatric patients aged up to 4 years who were admitted to the ED in 2013.
Results: The examined group comprised 372 (100%) children. The average age was 23.20 (±16.06) months. The largest group
comprised children transferred to hospital – 217 (58.33%) patients, of whom 50% were children referred to the Paediatric Department. The most common cause of admission was respiratory diseases, representing nearly 30% of all cases. The analysis of the relationship between the groups, and the cause of admission to the ED revealed a statistical significance between the variables (p = 0.0021). Most admissions were between the hours 12.00–23.59.
Conclusions: The most common cause for the admission of children to the ED was respiratory diseases. There were more children transferred to another hospital ward than discharged for outpatient treatment.
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