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Characteristics of death distribution of critical patients in a single emergency center in Beijing / 中国实用内科杂志
Chinese Journal of Practical Internal Medicine ; (12): 1080-1083, 2019.
Article in Chinese | WPRIM | ID: wpr-816154
ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE:

To explore the characteristics of death distribution in emergency critical care patients and guide the distribution of emergency resources.

METHODS:

Clinical data of all patients who died in the emergency department of Peking University third hospital from 2013 to 2017 were collected.Age,gender composition and time of death were analyzed.Pareto diagram was used to analyze the composition of causes of death.

RESULTS:

(1)Elderly patients(≥60 years old)accounted for81.0% of the total number of deaths,and the age difference has statistically significant(P<0.05).(2)Pareto diagram analysis showed that respiratory diseases,sudden death,shock and nervous diseases were the main causes of death in critically ill patients.(3)Age was associated with respiratory diseases,cardiovascular diseases,shock,sudden death,nervous diseases and trauma(P<0.05).Gender was associated with respiratory diseases,sudden death and trauma(P<0.05).(4)50.8% the death cases occurred within 24 h after admission,the median time of sudden death patients is the shortest(1 h),followed by shock(24 h).The median time of death of malignant tumor was up to 5040 h.

CONCLUSION:

Elderly patients are the major death group in the emergency department.Respiratory,circulatory and neurological diseases are the common causes of death.And most patients die in the early stage of treatment.Therefore,it is necessary to reasonably allocate emergency medical resources according to the actual situation.

Full text: Available Index: WPRIM (Western Pacific) Language: Chinese Journal: Chinese Journal of Practical Internal Medicine Year: 2019 Type: Article

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Full text: Available Index: WPRIM (Western Pacific) Language: Chinese Journal: Chinese Journal of Practical Internal Medicine Year: 2019 Type: Article