Investigation of Geriatric Patients with Abdominal Pain Admitted to Emergency Department

Table 2

Comparison of groups according to diagnoses.

Characteristics	Internal prediagnoses (, %)		Surgical prediagnoses (, %)		value
Total patient number	258	76.8	78	23.2
Gender
Male	121	46,9	41	52,6
Female	137	53,1	37	47,4
Vital signs
Blood pressure (mmHg)			120 ± 24,1
Heart rate (beats/min)
Fever
Complaints accompanying abdominal pain
Nausea	123	47.7	43	55.1
Vomiting	96	37.7	38	48.7
Loss of appetite	31	12	4	5.1
Constipation	31	12	14	17.9
Inability to intestinal gas extraction	14	5,4	24	30.4	0,001
Diarrhea	34	13.2	3	3.8	0,021
Dysuria	28	10.9	7	9
Jaundice	36	14	2	2.6	0,005
Length of ED stay
0–6 hours	117	45,3	24	30,8	0,002
6–12 hours	73	28,3	38	48,7
12–24 hours	25	9,7	10	12,8
Over 24 hours	43	16.7	6	7,7
Duration of abdominal pain
0–24 hours	55	21,3	13	16,7
Over 24 hours	203	78,7	65	83,3
Length of stay in the hospital
1 day	126	48.8	13	16,7	0,001
1–4 days	30	11.6	15	19,2
4–10 days	48	18.6	23	29,5
More than 10 days	54	21	27	34,6
Choice of treatment
Medical	251	97,3	26	33,3	0,001
Surgical	7	2,7	52	66,7
Consultation
Internal medicine	114	59,7	4	5,4	0,001
General surgery	22	11,5	50	67,6
Internal medicine and general surgery	33	17,3	3	4,1
Other consultations	22	11,5	17	23
Outcomes
Recovery	120	46,5	11	14,1	0,001
Vegetative stage	113	43,8	51	65,4
Exitus	25	9,7	16	20,5