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Demographic Characteristics of Syrian Patients Having Died in Hospital
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Original Research
VOLUME: 2 ISSUE: 1
P: 9-12
March 2017

Demographic Characteristics of Syrian Patients Having Died in Hospital

Bagcilar Med Bull 2017;2(1):9-12
DOI: 10.5350/BMB20170118045833
Fatih Cakmak 1
Banu Karakus Yilmaz 2
1. Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Department of Emergency Medicine, Istanbul-Turkey
2. Sisli Hamidiye Etfal Training and Research Hospital, Department of Emergency Medicine, Istanbul-Turkey
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Received Date: 23.11.2016
Accepted Date: 17.01.2017
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ABSTRACT

Conclusion:

There is no significant difference between in-hospital deaths and emergency service deaths of traumatic Syrian patients.

Results:

The study included a total of 1866 Syrian citizens who after being admitted to hospital were declared dead at the state hospital in Sanliurfa between 2011 and 2015. Of the patients, 43.7% (n=816) were female. The mean age of the patients was 61.16 ± 23.6 years (%95 CI: 60.08 - 62.23). Comparing the patients according to reasons of their death, while the groups varied depending on age, gender and traumatic injury (p<0.001, p=0.047, p<0.001, respectively), no difference was obtained between the groups according to presence of a firearm injury (p=0.290).

Material and Methods:

Syrian patients who died after presenting to a state hospital in Sanliurfa between 2011-2015 were retrospectively analyzed. Patients’ age, gender, trauma status, reasons of death, and place of death (inside or outside the hospital) were examined in detail.

Objective:

Our study aims at reviewing the demographic characteristics of Syrian patients who presented to a state hospital in Sanliurfa, where the largest immigrant camp is located, and subsequently died.