Epidemiological and clinical features of the emergency visits in a rural hospital in Cubal, Angola

• Published in: The Pan African medical journal Vol. 29; no. 143; p. 143
• Main Authors: Turbau Valls, Miquel, Gil Olivas, Eva, López García, Teresa, Piedade, Domingas, Pessela, Agostinho, Nicasio, Milagros Moreno
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Uganda African Field Epidemiology Network 2018; The African Field Epidemiology Network; The Pan African Medical Journal
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Age; Age Factors; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Angola; Child; Child, Preschool; Emergency medical care; emergency service; Emergency Service, Hospital - statistics & numerical data; Epidemiology; Female; Health facilities; HIV; Hospital Mortality; Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data; Hospitals; Hospitals, Rural - statistics & numerical data; Human immunodeficiency virus; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Infections; Infectious diseases; Internal medicine; low-and middle-income countries; Malaria; Male; Malnutrition; Middle Aged; Mortality; Obstetrics; Patient Transfer - statistics & numerical data; Population; Referral and Consultation; Retrospective Studies; Rural areas; Tropical diseases; tropical medicine; Tuberculosis; Variables; Young Adult; Angola; Spain; Tropical medicine; Angola; malaria; emergency service; low-and middle-income countries

There is scarce information on the profiles of patients attended in the Emergency Departments (ED) in rural Angola. Retrospective descriptive study including all the patients treated in the ED in Hospital Nossa Senhora da Paz (Cubal) during 6 months (December 2014- May 2015). The epidemiological and...