Review of 18 months of Activities in the Medical-surgical Emergency Department of the Ziniare Regional Hospital Center

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Résumé

Introduction: By ensuring early detection of acute illnesses and timely access to necessary care, organized emergency care systems
save lives and amplify the impact of many other components of the health system.
Objective: The objective of our study was to take stock of 18 months of activities of the medical-surgical emergency department of the
Ziniare regional hospital center from January 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022.
Methods: This was a retrospective study with a descriptive aim of patients admitted to the medical-surgical emergency department
of the Ziniare regional hospital center from January 1, 2021 to June 30, 2021.
Results: We collected 2429 patients with a mean age of 38.27 years and a sex ratio of 1.65. The majority of patients resided outside
the city of Ziniare and accounted for 53.3% of patients. The average length of stay in the emergency department was 1.88 days. There
were 36.13% of people returning home, 31.85% of hospitalization. Traumatological pathologies were predominant in our series with
a percentage of 22.8% of all diagnoses made, followed by infectious pathologies with a percentage of 17.6%. Digestive surgical
pathologies accounted for 8.2% of cases. Cardiovascular diseases accounted for 10.2% of cases. Antibiotics are administered in
22.36%. Urgent surgical indications accounted for 24.86% of diagnoses.
Conclusion: The medical-surgical emergency department of the Ziniare Regional Hospital Center plays an important role in the care
of patients in the Central Plateau region. A reorganization of the service, the strengthening of human resources and the improvement
of the technical platform could optimize the performance of the service.

Mots-clés

Activity report, Medical-surgical emergencies, Regional hospital.