Descriptive epidemiological study of patients hospitalized in the ENT Department of the Hospital Clínico de la Universidad de Chile between the years 2007 and 2014

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M Constanza Domínguez P.
Alfredo Aguila R.
Natalia Cabrera S.
Rodolfo Nazar S.
Eugenio Alzérreca A.

Keywords

GRD, Hospital Discharges, ENT pathology

Abstract

Introduction: Diseases of otolaryngology (ENT) origin have a high prevalence in primary health care, however, the epidemiological information on hospitalized patients is almost null. Aim: To obtain demographic and disease prevalence information in hospitalized patients of the ENT Department at the Hospital Clínico de la Universidad de Chile (HCUCh). Material and method: A descriptive and retrospective study, was carried out at the ENT department of the HCUCh, reviewing existing records of diagnostic related groups (GRD) for discharges between 2007 and 2014. Results: We review a total of 7353 discharges, with an average age of patients of 28.24 years. The most frequent cause of hospitalization was pharynx pathology. An 87.88% of discharges had surgery performed, where tonsillectomy with adenoidectomy reached 15,7% of the total. Conclusion: This study provides us with epidemiological information on patients hospitalized in an ENT department in a nationwide referral hospital.

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