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 (%) | |
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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. |