06 October 2023 : Clinical Research
Pediatric Emergency Response in a Non-Epicenter Hospital during the 2023 Turkey-Syria Earthquake: A Retrospective Study of 125 Cases in the First 20 Days
Süeda Zaman
1ABCEF, Selahattin Gürü 2ACDEF*
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.942008
Med Sci Monit 2023; 29:e942008
Table 1 Triage codes, diagnoses, medical treatments, result of ED visit, duration of stay in ED and consultations of pediatric aged patients admitted to non-epicenter Ankara Mamak State Hospital in first 20 days following the February 2023 Turkey-Syria earthquakes.
| n (%) | |
|---|---|
| Green zone | 100 (80.0) |
| Yellow zone | 25 (20.0) |
| 102 (81.6) | |
| Upper respiratory tract infections | 53 (52.0) |
| Lower respiratory tract infections | 20 (19.6) |
| Urogenital tract infections | 9 (8.8) |
| Gastroenteritis | 6 (5.9) |
| Conjunctivitis | 4 (3.9) |
| Urticaria | 4 (3.9) |
| Otitis media | 3 (2.9) |
| Myalgia | 2 (2.0) |
| Dysmenorrhea | 1 (1.0) |
| 19 (15.2) | |
| 4 (3.2) | |
| # | |
| Drug prescription | 100 (98.0) |
| IV saline or ringer lactate | 7 (6.9) |
| IV antibiotics | 5 (4.9) |
| Inhaled corticosteroids and bronchodilators | 2 (2.0) |
| Discharged with recovery | 122 (97.6) |
| Admission to services | 1 (0.8) |
| Dispatch to another hospital | 2 (1.6) |
| 1.7±1.2 (1–6) | |
| 21 (16.8) | |
| Pediatrics | 18 (14.4) |
| Orthopedics | 3 (2.4) |
| n – number of patients; ED – Emergency Department; IV – intravenous; Continuous variables were presented as “mean±SD (minimum–maximum)” and categorical variables as “number (percentage of column)”; # There is more than one in a patient, percentage calculated on the number of patients. | |