No significant alteration in admissions to emergency departments during Ramadan.
J Emerg Med
; 38(2): 253-6, 2010 Feb.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-18842386
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Dietary and lifestyle changes during Ramadan may affect the appearance rate of emergency health problems or increase emergency department (ED) use.OBJECTIVE:
This study's aim was to investigate Ramadan's effects on ED use.METHODS:
The study group consisted of patients admitted to the ED during Ramadan, and the control group consisted of patients admitted during the 30-day period immediately after Ramadan. The study compared the daily number, diagnosis, and demographic and clinical characteristics of the two groups.RESULTS:
The study included 2079 patients. Of these, 1094 (52.6%) were admitted during Ramadan, and the remaining 985 (47.4%) formed the control group. The average number of patients admitted to the ED per day was 36.47 +/- 7.9 in the study group and 32.83 +/- 5.8 in the control group (p = 0.046). The two groups' demographic and clinical characteristics, such as age, sex, final diagnosis, admission times to ED, and diagnosis, were similar.CONCLUSIONS:
Our results show that during Ramadan, the clinical features of patients admitted to the ED and the number of ED admissions for specific ailments did not change significantly.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Admissão do Paciente
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Jejum
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Serviços Médicos de Emergência
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Férias e Feriados
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Islamismo
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Emerg Med
Assunto da revista:
MEDICINA DE EMERGENCIA
Ano de publicação:
2010
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Turquia