The Gulf War: pediatric emergency room function.
OBJECTIVE
To analyze the effects of war on the civilian population through patterns of medical service consumption in a pediatric emergency room.


METHODS
A survey of variables related to use of emergency room services before, during, and after the Gulf War.


RESULTS
There was a dramatic decrease in the number of visits during the war. During the war, there were fewer visits for URI, home accidents and intoxications; there were more visits for complaints such as headaches, restlessness, and tremors.


CONCLUSIONS
Visits during the ware were more related to emergency situations with fewer visits of the walk-in clinic type.
Ben-Nun
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Y
Peled
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Sagy
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Berger
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Wolach
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B
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007557:Israel; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014857:Warfare