Abstract:
Dyspnea is a frequent presenting symptom in emergency rooms across the world, and it can be difficult to diagnose. The goal of our research is to determine the prevalence of dyspnea among the patients who visit our hospital emergency department. Place and Duration: In the Pulmonology and Medicinedepartment of Avicenna Teaching Hospital, DHA Lahore and Akhtar Saeed Trust Teaching Hospital, Lahorefor six months duration from 21stJanuary 2021 to 20th July 2021. Methods: In theEmergency and Pulmonologydepartment of hospital,a cross-sectional study was conducted after receiving agreement from the institutional review committee. The consecutive samplingapproach was used to acquire a total of 400 samples. As part of standard procedure, all patients were triaged at the emergency room. After receiving conversantpermission from the patient or carer, the participants were accepted into the research. For binary data, a point estimate with a 95% confidence interval, as well as frequency and percentage, were generated. R 3.5.3 was used to conduct the statistical analysis (2019-03-11). Results: The frequency of dyspnea among patients who attended a tertiary care hospital and emergency department was 54 (13.5 percent) at the 95 percent confidence level (4.2-15.2 percent). The red, orange, and yellow groups were allocated to 14 (13.1 percent), 50 (46.7 percent), and 43 (40.2 percent) patients, respectively. The median age was 64, and 74 (69 percent) of those who took part were under the age of 60. Sixty-seven (62.6%) of the participants were females, whereas 40 (37.34%) were males. Ambulances were used by 44 (41.1 percent) of the persons who arrived. Cough and fever were the most common linked symptoms, accounting for 59 (51.1%) and 44 (41.1%) of all cases, respectively. Conclusions:In comparison to previous researches, the prevalence of dyspnea among patients accessing our hospital's emergency department is greater. For quality improvement, this necessitates systematic and rapid dyspnea management.
Keywords:
Emergency Medicine
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Dyspnea
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Shortness of breath
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Chronicobstructive pulmonary diseases