都立広尾病院・耳鼻咽喉科における救急外来の2年間の集計

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This a review of emergency patients visiting the otolaryngology department of Hiroo Metropolitan Hospital. Total caces of 327 patients seen during a two year period since 1984 were reviewed. Inflammatory diseases accounted for a half of the total and acute otitis media rated the highest incidence of 31%. The peak hour for the visiting patients was at 8 p.m., the ccurve decreased thereafter. However, during the period from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m., a doctor examined one or more patients at the frequency of one for two times of duty. Even during the period from 0 a.m. to 4 a.m., a doctor saw emergency patients at the frequency of one for four times of duty. These results suggest that the working system should be improved to maintain the presernt emergency clinic, and that a community-oriented medical care system has to be established to meet patients' requirements.