Assessment of Acute Pain Management and Associated Factors among Emergency Surgical Patients in Gondar University Specialized Hospital Emergency Department, Northwest Ethiopia, 2018: Institutional Based Cross-Sectional Study

Table 2

Causes of emergency department presentation at GUSHED, 2018 (N=203).

Variables			Frequency (n)	Percent ()
Causes of admission	Trauma	Fracture	58	28.6
		Dislocation/ sublaxation	16	7.9
		Soft tissue injury	66	32.5
		Superficial lacerations	11	5.5
		Chest injury	5	2.5
		Wound	8	3.9
		Others^∗	8	3.9
		Subtotal	172^∗∗	84.7^∗∗
	Non trauma	Appendicitis	18	8.9
		Small bowel obstruction	12	5.9
		Large bowel obstruction	16	7.8
		Breast abscess	6	3.0
		Perianal abscess	6	3.0
		Others^∗∗∗	11	5.4
		Subtotal	69	34

injury, blunt abdominal injury, eye injury, and ear injury.
^∗∗38 trauma patients came with two types of injuries.
^∗∗∗Cellulitis, gastric outlet obstruction, nephrolithiasis, urinary stricture, and axillary abscess.