Acil Servise Başvuran Onkoloji Hastalarının Klinik Semptomlara Göre Dağılımının Değerlendirilmesi

Abstract

Aim: Cancer is a systemic disease, and can affect all systems differently at each stage. Cancer patients often admit emergency departments due to acute symptoms directly or indirectly caused by their current malignancies. With this study, the purpose was to investigate the causes of admission and common problems of oncology patients admitting to the emergency department.Method: This study has a cross-sectional and retrospective design. At the end of the evaluation in the emergency department, all cases who were aged 18 and over, who were evaluated based on malignant neoplasm diagnoses according to ICD-10, and recorded in the patient registration computer made up the study sampling. Descriptive statistics were used in the demographic examination of the patients.In the study, in case the data were qualitative, the Chi-Square (χ²) Test or Fisher’s Exact Test were used.Results:A total of 75 patients were included in the study during the specified period, including 43 (58.1%) women and 32 (42.6%) men. The most common complaint was pain with 77% (n=57), followed by shortness of breath with 34.6% (n=26), and %33.3(n=25) nausea and vomiting. In patients, the top 3 most common malignancies were lung 26.7% (n=20), 14.6% (n=11) prostate, and 10.7% (n=8) breast cancer, respectively.Conclusion:In today’s conditions, the quality of life of patients with increased malignancies is reduced because of the cancer disease and treatment protocols. We believe that specific units can be opened in emergency medicine clinics in cooperation with oncology specialists for this patient group in the future because of the discomfort in which the disease is reflected in the body, and due to the side effects that occur during treatment, which will contribute to the determination of special approach policies in emergency department planning.