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Rev Esp Med Quir 2013; 18 (3)

Descriptive Analysis of Emergencies at the otorhynolaryngology service of the Regional Hospital General Ignacio Zaragoza, ISSSTE

Badillo RCA, Cárdenas PR, Ortiz RA

Language: Spanish
References: 20
Page: 212-217
PDF size: 393.58 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Background: In Mexico, statistics reveal that one of two persons will require to be attended at an Emergency service due to some acute disease or to illnesses derived from violent conditions. According to figures from National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI), in Mexico about 260 million of medical consultations were given in the Health National System, from which 26 million were given in the public services of emergencies and more than a million and a half were given in private institutions. According to this, 26% of national population requires annually to be attended in the emergency service.
Objective: To describe the diseases most frequently treated at the Otolaryngology Service as emergencies, to expose the main causes for the increased demand for care.
Material and method: A retrospective, descriptive and observational study in which files of patients attended was done from January 1st 2009 to December 31st 2012 at the Otolaryngology Service of the Regional Hospital General Ignacio Zaragoza of ISSSTE. The following variables and parameters were analyzed: age, sex, motive of consultation, frequency of definitive diagnosis, relation discharges-admissions and estimation of actual emergencies vs non-urgent disease.
Results: Nasal contusions (26%), acute otitis media (18.7%) and previous epistaxis (11%) were the most frequent clinical entities, representing the nasal and otological pathology more than 60% of the assisted emergencies.
Conclusions: This is the first study of ISSSTE that describes the most common diagnoses of otorhynolaryngologic emergency and specifies its percentages of presentation, severity and frequency.


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