Evaluation of Orthopaedics and Traumatology Patients Referred From a Tertiary Hospital
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Tarih
2023
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Cureus
Erişim Hakkı
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Özet
BackgroundThis study aims to determine the rate of interhospital transfer, transfer diagnoses, where they were referred, and the reasons for the transfer of patients who presented to the emergency department and requested orthopaedic and traumatology consultations and to evaluate measures that may be effective in reducing the number of referrals for a more effective health service provision as a result of this information.Material and methodsIn this descriptive study, 59 patients were transferred to the emergency department of our hospital between January 1, 2019, and January 1, 2022, for whom orthopaedic and traumatology consultations were requested and for whom the orthopaedic physician requested transfer (training and research hospitals, university hospitals and private hospitals), and they were retrospectively evaluated.ResultsThe ages of the study participants ranged from 1 to 91 years, with a mean age of 39.8 +/- 20.9 years. Therefore, the majority of referred patients were male and Turkish citizens aged 18-65 years; there were no forensic cases; they were evaluated in the yellow area as a result of triage; and most of the transfers were from training and research hospitals and university hospitals, which are tertiary health institutions. On categorising patients based on their transfer diagnoses, it was found that patients with subtotal amputation of the finger were the most common among the referred patients. ConclusionTo reduce the number of referrals, it is recommended to increase the standards in assistant training, especially in pelvis, acetabulum, and hand surgeries. It is also recommended to optimise material supply and skilled labour distribution.
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Anahtar Kelimeler
Tertiary Hospital, Emergency Service, Transfer, Iinterhospital Transfer, Orthopaedics and Traumatology
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The Cureus Journal of Medical Science
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15
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10
