title: [Oncological emergencies in the emergency department].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to assess the profile and the characteristic of oncological patients, establishing management in patients with neoplasia presented in the emergency department (ED), the analysis of short-term movements in patients with neoplasia whilst in the ED.
  
  
  METHODS
  we performed a retrospective study on nonrandomized consecutive cases. The lot analysis included 1315 oncological patients admitted in the Emergency Department of the Clinical Emergency Hospital "St. Spiridon" Iaşi, in the period June 1st, 2009 - May 31st, 2010. 23.12% of the patients had high suspicion of neoplasia at the first visit to the ED.
  
  
  RESULTS
  67.07% of patients were in metastatic stage disease located as follows: liver metastasis 37.59%, lung metastasis 18.36%, lymph node metastasis 13, 29%. After processing the data there were found statistically significant correlations between the age of patients and the documented/suspected diagnosis of neoplasia (p = 0.01) in the sense that a neoplasia diagnosis in emergency was more frequent in people of young age. It should be mentioned that other studies rarely mention first diagnosis of neoplasia in emergency department with presence of complications.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  1315 oncological patients presented in ED, almost a quarter of which presented high suspicion of neoplasia (still without histopathological confirmation) when in ED (23.12%). Most of them were aged male patients (over 65 years old), with tumors of the digestive system. A significant proportion (almost 60%) of these patients ended up in emergency due to complications and the therapy intended life support and pain management. Some of these patients were directed to further exploring and emergency outpatient therapy while 75% of patients were hospitalized after stabilization. Although we expected that the frequency of complications to be higher in patients previously diagnosed with cancer, data analysis showed no statistically significant differences (p = NS) between the rate of complications in patients previously diagnosed with neoplasia and those with high-suspicion neoplasia first diagnosed in the ED.
authors.affiliation: Facultatea de Medicină, Disciplina Medicină de Urgenţă, Universitatea de Medicină şi Farmacie "Gr. T. Popa" Iaşi.
authors.forename: Diana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cimpoeşu
authors.forename: Mihaela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dumea
authors.forename: Simona
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Durchi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Apostoae
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Olaru
authors.forename: Mioara
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ciolan
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Popa
authors.forename: Mihaela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Corlade-Andrei
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007938:Leukemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000175:diagnosis; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012383:Romania / Q000453:epidemiology; D014565:Urogenital Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology