The disease spectrum of adult patients at a tertiary care center emergency department in Lebanon.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:There is an increase in Emergency Department (ED) utilization globally. Understanding what patients present to EDs with is important for resource allocation, training and staffing purposes. There is paucity of data pertaining to ED visit presentations in Lebanon. This study aims at describing the spectrum of diseases among adult patients who present to a tertiary care center in Lebanon, an upper-middle income country (UMIC). METHODS:A retrospective chart review of adult patients (age ≥ 19) presenting to a tertiary care hospital ED during 2010-2011 was completed. Common diagnoses in three categories (all adult visits, treat and release, admitted visits) were assessed. Diagnoses were classified according to the Clinical Classifications Software. Descriptive statistics were presente

SUBMITTER: Hitti E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6530848 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature