TY  - JOUR
TI  - Analysis of General Surgical Consultations Requested from the Emergency Department in the Period of Pandemic and Non-Pandemic
AB  - Objective: To investigate the emergency department admissions, the general surgery consultation request, and the necessity of immediate treatment of patients even though the society did not leave the house unless necessary during the pandemic period.Methods: The files of patients were retrospectively scanned between March-May 2020, which is the Covid 19 pandemic period, and March-May 2019, as a period in which normal social life continues. Age, gender, complaints, comorbid diseases, the necessity of truly emergency surgical treatment as well as the socioeconomic level scale for each individual were recorded and analyzed.Results: The rate of request for consultation was 2.7% (n = 170) in the pandemic period, and 3.1% (n = 316) in the non-pandemic period. The most common complaints were nausea-abdominal pain-difficulty defecation in both periods. Although individuals without comorbidities are predominant in both periods, the proportion of individuals with comorbid diseases was higher during the pandemic period (p = 0.001). Patients who did not require urgent treatment in both periods were in the majority. In patients requiring urgent treatment, the rate of hospitalized patients was higher during the pandemic period, whereas the rate of operated patients was higher in the non-pandemic period (p = 0.005). The majority of the patients had a low socioeconomic level and a small portion had a moderate socioeconomic level in both periods (p> 0.05).Conclusions: Although there is a significant decrease in the number of emergency department admissions and the number of general surgical consultations requested during the pandemic period, the fact that more than half of the patients who are consulted do not require emergency surgical treatment still shows the unnecessary use of emergency services.
AU  - Uludağ, Server Sezgin
AU  - zengin, abdullah kağan
AU  - İpekci, Afşın
AU  - OZCELIK, MEHMET FAIK
AU  - Guzelyuz, Betul
DO  - 10.18521/ktd.767493
PY  - 2021
JO  - KONURALP TIP DERGİSİ
VL  - 13
IS  - 1
SN  - 1309-3878
SP  - 11
EP  - 17
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/427810
ER  -