[Appropriateness emergency hospital admissions at an ORL service of a third level hospital].
We present a retrospective epidemiological study about an analysis of the emergencies hospital admissions in an ENT service of a tertiary hospital with high assistencial pressure, during one year. We study the parameters: date, sex, age, complementary examinations, diagnosis and appropriateness of the admission following the AEP (Appropriateness Evaluation Protocol) criteria. A remarkable finding is the high incidence (31.74%) of emergency admissions in the total admission in the ENT service. There was a low frequency of inadequate admission of patients. The appropriateness of admissions was highest for foreign bodies and respiratory distress; the lowest was for cancer patients. The most frequent appropriateness criteria was the need of drugs and/or intravenous fluids.
López Amado
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Servicio de Otorrinolaringología, Hospital Juan Canalejo, La Coruña.
García Sarandeses
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Herranz González-Botas
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J
López Blanco
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Martínez Vidal
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D000328:Adult; D004630:Emergencies; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010038:Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies
Adecuación de los ingresos hospitalarios urgentes en un servicio de ORL de un hospital de tercer nivel.