恶性瘤诊断之前的紧急入院:来自第三级护理医院的一项研究的见解
Hussain A Redha1, Kawther S Al Hatmi2, Safa K Al-Ghaithi2
1Internal Medicine Residency Program, Oman Medical Specialty Board, Muscat, Oman.
Journal of family & community medicine
|December 2, 2024
概括
在急诊室访问后诊断的癌症通常发生在患有晚期疾病和生存率较低的老年患者中. 提高对癌症症状的认识可以提高早期检测率.
科学领域:
- 在瘤学瘤学.
- 紧急医疗 紧急医疗
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 许多癌症患者在向急诊室呈现症状后才被诊断出癌症.
- 关于急诊室癌症诊断和结果的研究是有限的.
- 这项研究调查了在急诊室介绍后诊断出癌症患者的特征和结果.
研究的目的:
- 为了确定被诊断为癌症的患者的临床特征,应急诊所呈现后的癌症.
- 评估这些患者的健康结果.
- 了解与这种患者群体死亡率相关的因素.
主要方法:
- 对108名被诊断患有新恶性瘤的患者在急诊室入院后 (2015-2021) 的回顾性分析.
- 数据抽象包括患者的人口统计,临床特征和健康结果.
- 统计分析使用了威尔科克森的等级和,奇方位/费舍尔的精确测试,回归和卡普兰-梅尔分析.
主要成果:
- 平均年龄为67岁,其中53.7%是男性. 常见的症状包括疼痛,减肥和食欲不佳.
- 最常见的癌症是肝胆 (18.5%),胃食道 (15.7%) 和肺部 (14.8%).
- 三分之二患有第四期恶性瘤,64.8%患有远程转移;年龄较大,教育程度较低,晚期和转移与较高的死亡率有关.
结论:
- 新癌症诊断的紧急情况通常发生在患有并发病的老年患者身上,并且由于晚期的转移性疾病而导致的生存率低下.
- 提高对关键癌症症状的认识可能会提高早期检测率.
- 这强调了在紧急情况下需要更好的诊断策略.
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