Investigation of Geriatric Patients with Abdominal Pain Admitted to Emergency Department

Table 1

Comparison of patient characteristics according to age groups.

Characteristics	Group I: 65–74 years (, %)		Group II: above 75 years (, %)
Total patient number	176	52.4	160	47.6
Gender
Male	94	58	68	42
Female	82	47.1	92	52.9
Vital signs
Blood pressure (mmHg)
Heart rate (beats/min)
Fever
Complaints accompanying abdominal pain
Nausea	88	50,3	78	48.8
Vomiting	72	41,1	62	38.8
Loss of appetite	22	12.6	13	8.1
Constipation	28	16	17	10,6
Intestinal gas extraction inability	25	14,3	13	8,1
Diarrhea	19	10,9	18	11.3
Dysuria	19	10,9	16	9.4
Jaundice	19	10,9	19	11.9
Length of ED stay
0–6 hours	74	42	68	42.5
6–12 hours	49	27.9	61	38.1
12–24 hours	24	13.7	11	6.9
Over 24 hours	29	16.4	20	12.5
Duration of abdominal pain
0–24 hours	35	20	140	80
Over 24 hours	33	20.6	127	79.4
Length of stay in the hospital
1 day	76	43.2	64	40
1–4 days	20	11.4	25	15.6
4–10 days	38	21.6	33	20.6
More than 10 days	42	23.8	38	23.8
Choice of treatment
Medical	151	85.8	126	78.8
Surgical	25	14.2	34	21.2
Consultation
Internal medicine	60	45.1	58	43.5
General surgery	35	26.3	37	28.2
Internal medicine and general surgery	22	16.5	28	21.4
Other consultations	16	12	9	6.9
Outcomes
Recovery	73	41,5	58	36,3
Vegetative stage	88	50	76	47.5
Exitus	15	8.5	26	16.2