Affiliation:
1. Kayseri City Hospital, Emergency Department
2. SAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ, KAYSERİ SAĞLIK UYGULAMA VE ARAŞTIRMA MERKEZİ
3. ERCİYES ÜNİVERSİTESİ, TIP FAKÜLTESİ
4. Meram Devlet Hastanesi
Abstract
Aim: Our study examined young, middle, and oldest-old patients who visited the emergency department (ED) and their differences.
Material and Methods: The research was executed retrospectively, utilizing the medical data of patients aged 65 and over who applied to the ED of a research hospital in Kayseri for the two years between January 1, 2020, and December 31, 2021. The patients were young-old, between 65 and 74 years old; aged 75 to 84 were middle-old, and those aged 85 and over were classified as oldest-old.
Results: 84415 (13.7%) older patients visited the ED during the study period. The patients’ median age was 74 years, IQRs (69- 80) and 53.9% (n=45466) were female. 53.4% of the patients were young-old, 33.4% middle-old, and 13.2% were oldest-old. 7.2% (n=6060) of the hospitalized patients were admitted to the intensive care unit, and 7.8% (n=1719) died. Among the first three reasons for admitting the patients to the ED, 20% (n=16874) had COVID-19, 14.4% (n=12131) had gastrointestinal symptoms, and 13.9% (n=11718) had circulatory system symptoms. Oldest-old patients were brought to the ED by ambulance more (38.4% vs. 50.9% vs. 63.2% p< 0.001), stayed longer in the ED (81 vs. 103 vs. 116 minutes, p
Publisher
Emergency Medicine Association of Turkey
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