title: [Diagnoses in medical and surgical patients. Experiences of a junior physician].
abstract: This article presents the diagnoses of 1,078 patients treated during one year of internship in a local hospital in western Norway. The patients were seen in the surgical outpatient clinic or when admitted to the medical, surgical or pediatric departments. In the surgical outpatient clinic the patients usually attended for treatment of fractures, distortion traumas or traumas without fractures. The most common diagnoses in the medical department were related to acute ischaemic heart conditions, whereas the majority of the patients received in the surgical department had acute abdominal pain. Infectious diseases were the most common cause of hospitalization of children. Information about the different diagnosis encountered during work in a local hospital may be of value to others who are preparing to work in similar institutions. Such an internship may provide valuable experience in the diagnosis and treatment of the most common somatic diseases.
authors.affiliation: Fylkessjukehuset i Haugesund, Haugesund.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Engebråten
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003933:Diagnosis; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D007396:Internship and Residency; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D009664:Norway / Q000453:epidemiology; D010343:Patient Admission; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: Diagnoser hos medisinske og kirurgiske pasienter. En turnuskandidats erfaringer.