Ocular Emergency Study (OES): True Ocular Emergency and Non-urgent Cases at Emergency Department at Hetauda Community Eye Hospital
| Autor: | Hom Bahadur Gurung, Singh Kalpana, Thakali Sunil |
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| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
| Zdroj: | East African Scholars Journal of Medical Sciences. 5:233-238 |
| ISSN: | 2617-7188 2617-4421 |
| DOI: | 10.36349/easms.2022.v05i08.002 |
| Popis: | Purpose: To assess the load of non-urgent and true emergency cases presenting in Emergency department of tertiary eye center in Nepal. Methods: retrospective, descriptive study was done for all emergency visits at Hetauda community eye hospital in 2020. Data on age, gender, address, diagnosis were collected. Diagnosis was classified according to urgency. Results: We had 6526 cases with an average of 18 cases per day. The male to female ratio was 1.47:1. Non-urgent cases comprised of 48% of ED visits. The mean age of patients visiting in ED was 34.18+-19.27 years. Foreign body in cornea was the most common diagnosis while mild conjunctivitis was the commonest cause of non-urgent ED visit. The most common age group to visit as true ocular emergency was 21-30 years with 23.20 %. Males were more likely to visit as true ocular emergency than females. Conclusion: younger males are more likely to use Emergency services. More focus should be done in Triaging, Public education and awareness to reduce non-urgent cases in emergency department. |
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