Diez emergencias más comunes del fin de semana en el Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso durante el año 2009

Abstract

Antecedents The weekends are days in which the entrance of patients by the emergency area increases by traffic accidents, change in their habitual diets and excess of alcohol.

Objectives.- To determine the 10 more common emergencies happened in the weekend (Friday, Saturday, Sunday). We established its frequency and we characterized according to the age, sex, state to the discharge, date of entrance to the hospital and origin.

Methods.-Descriptive study, total universe of 207 income at hospital, for the data collection we used a form, entered the data to Excel program, it was made tables and graphs with the variables to be analyzed.

Results.- The 10 main emergencies are: Acute abdomen 26 income (12.6%); Head injury 25 income (12.1%); Poisoning by organic phosphorus 19 income (9.2%); Gastrointestinal bleeding 12 income (5.8%); Acute Pancreatitis 11 patients (5.3%); Gastroenteritis, Community-acquired pneumonia and Polytrauma 9 patients each one (4.3%); Unbalanced diabetes mellitus 8 patients (3.9%); Acute Cholecystitis and Epilepsy 7 income each one (3.4%). The age in greater risk is between 15 to 34 years old. The origin of the patient in their majority is Cuenca.

Conclusions.- The emergencies in this investigation correspond to problems caused by the diet, consumption of alcohol, traffic accidents and suicide. The emergency area must be supplied; personal enabled in these cases to diminish mortality, the dwell time in the hospital and will improve the attention offered to the community.