Bir Devlet Hastanesi Acil Servisinden Göğüs Hastalıkları Servisine İstenen Konsültasyonların Değerlendirilmesi.

Summary Aim: This study was designed to evaluate the consultations that were requested from a public hospital’s emergency department to the department of chest diseases (DCD). Methods: Patients who were admitted to the state hospital emergency department and who were consulted to DCD were included in the study. Clinical features of patients were recorded in the data collection form. Patients who voluntarily left the hospitals, who has missing file data and who were not evaluated by the chest diseases specialist for any reason despite consultation were requested, were excluded from the study. Results: 280(53.9%) male and 239(46.1%) female patients with a mean age of 72.8±14.4 were included in the study. The most common concomitant disease were cardiovascular diseases, and the most common complaint for presentation was dyspnea. Chest diseases consultations was requested most frequently due to pneumonia and exacerbation of chronic obstructive lung disease. The response time of pulmonologists for urgent consultations was 93.8±127.3(1-837) minutes. 20%(104) of the consultations requested from the emergency department consisted of patients in terminal period of a disease. Conclusion: It was observed that a significant part of the patients were at advanced age and in need of care. It was concluded that the most common reason for hospitalization was pneumonia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]