Emergency department visits at Rambam health care campus, Israel: non-trauma related dental conditions.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Studies of emergency department (ED) visits for non-traumatic dental conditions (NTDCs) have been carried out in the USA and Canada. In Israel, there is a shortage of such studies. In the current retrospective study, we report on the frequency and distribution of NTDCs ED visits at Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam), in Haifa, which is an academic hospital serving more than 2.4 million residents of Northern Israel.

Materials and methods

The data concerning ED visits at Rambam between 2010 and 2017 were obtained retrospectively from Rambam's computerized clinical and personal database of adult patients (≥18 years) visiting the ED for NTDCs.

Results

Overall, 1.8% of the patients who visited the Rambam ED, were identified as presenting with NTDCs. From 2010 un

SUBMITTER: Bilder L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7243313 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature