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題 名 | Differences of Disease Characteristics between Genders in Emergency Department Elderly of a Community Hospital in Taiwan=臺灣某教學醫院急診室老年人疾病特徵於不同性別之差異 |
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作 者 | 陳日昌; 卜樂得; 胡百敏; 邱德發; 廖浩欽; 廖訓禎; | 書刊名 | 長庚醫學 |
卷 期 | 23:4 2000.04[民89.04] |
頁 次 | 頁190-196 |
分類號 | 417.7 |
關鍵詞 | 性別差異; 老年病患; 急診; 臺灣; Gender differences; Geriatrics; Emergency department; Taiwan; |
語 文 | 英文(English) |
英文摘要 | Background. The purpose of this study was to catalog the chief complaints and diagnoses of elderly patients visiting to a Taiwanese emergency department (ED), and to compare gender differences. Methods. ED computer log data of patients 65 years and older, who visited the ED from July 1995 to June 1996, were retrospectively reviewed. The computer log data for each patient was entered prospectively by the doctor providing the ED care. All patient data were separated by gender, and then subdivided into trauma and non- trauma groups for analysis. Results. There were 8038 elderly patients treated during the study period. The most common male chief complaint was dyspnea, and for females, it was abdominal pain, followed by injuries for both genders. Falls were the most common mechanism of injury for both genders, but they were more common among females (63.2% vs. 46.1%, p<0.001). Motorbike accidents, however, were 3 times as frequent among males (16.05% vs. 5.45%, p<0.001). Males presented most commonly with COPD (12.2%), compared to only 4.16% for females (p<0.001), with urinary retention the second most common diagnosis (5.04% vs. 0.72%, p<0.001). Females suffered a greater number of urinary tract infections (5.42% vs. 2.03%, p<0.001), presentations for renal failure (2.98% vs. 1.56% p<0.001), and diabetes-associated problems (4.58% vs. 2.48%, p<0.001). Conclusion. Elderly females presented to the ED more frequently with urinary tract and diabetic problems; while their male counterparts presented with complications of COPD, urinary retention, and motorbike accidents. |
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