Principales motivos de consulta en pacientes adultos mayores de 15 años atendidos en emergencia del Hospital de la Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, periodo mayo 2007-abril 2012

Abstract

The main objective of this research was to determine the major reason for consultation of patients over 15 years presenting to the emergency HUTPL during May 2007- April 2012. Type of study retrospective, descriptive, quantitative design, method used: indirect observation, instrument used: record collection. As results the following results were obtained: gender distribution showed more frequency in female patients (58.45 %) with a mean age of 39 years being the busiest in the group of 20-35 years (45.94 %) the total sample. Among the most frequent reasons for consultation were presented: abdominal pain predominated in all age groups with 31.74 %, followed by multiple injuries with 12.65%, 6.71% limb pain, respiratory symptoms without respiratory difficulty 4, 65%. It should be noted that demand for emergency care in the years 2007-2012 HUTPL showed that the most frequent reason for consultation was abdominal pain in most people who came to this house of health.