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Is routine pregnancy test necessary in women of reproductive age admitted to the emergency department?

dc.contributor.buuauthorKöksal, Özlem
dc.contributor.buuauthorKÖKSAL, ÖZLEM
dc.contributor.buuauthorÖzdemir, Fatma
dc.contributor.buuauthorÖZDEMİR, FATMA
dc.contributor.buuauthorArmağan, Erol
dc.contributor.buuauthorARMAĞAN, EROL
dc.contributor.buuauthorÖner, Nuran
dc.contributor.buuauthorSert, Pınar Çınar
dc.contributor.buuauthorSığırlı, Deniz
dc.contributor.buuauthorSIĞIRLI, DENİZ
dc.contributor.departmentBursa Uludağ Üniversitesi/Tıp Fakültesi/Acil Tıp Anabilim Dalı.
dc.contributor.departmentBursa Uludağ Üniversitesi/Tıp Fakültesi/Biyoistatistk Anabilim Dalı.
dc.contributor.researcheridAAH-8846-2021
dc.contributor.researcheridAAK-8332-2020
dc.contributor.researcheridAAA-7472-2021
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-04T13:04:38Z
dc.date.available2024-10-04T13:04:38Z
dc.date.issued2013-09-01
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND: This study aimed to determine the necessity of pregnancy test in women of reproductive age admitted to emergency department (ED) in routine practice.METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed the records of patients who presented to the ED between January 1, 2006 and December 31, 2010 and received a pregnancy test.RESULTS: The median age of 1 586 patients enrolled into the study was 27 years. Of these patients, 19.55% had a positive result of pregnancy test. The most common complaint at admission was abdominal pain in 60.15% of the patients, and pregnancy test was prescribed. 15.83% of the patients with abdominal pain had a positive result of pregnancy test. Of the patients, 30.64% had nausea-vomiting at admission, and 11.52% had a positive result of pregnancy test. When other complaints were considered, the most commonly observed complaints were non-specific symptoms such as dizziness, malaise and respiratory problems. Of the patients, 70.93% were not remembering the date of last menstruation, and 9.51% showed a positive result of pregnancy test. Urinary tract infection (UTI) was commonly diagnosed with an incidence of 17.65%, which was followed by nonspecific abdominal pain (NSAP) (16.77%) and gastrointestinal disorders such as gastritis and peptic ulcer (6.87%). Of the patients, 88.40% were discharged from ED, and 11.60% were hospitalized.CONCLUSION: Pregnancy test should be given to women of reproductive age as a routine practice in ED in developing countries like Turkey.
dc.identifier.doi10.5847/wjem.j.issn.1920-8642.2013.03.003
dc.identifier.endpage178
dc.identifier.issn1920-8642
dc.identifier.issue3
dc.identifier.startpage175
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.5847/wjem.j.issn.1920-8642.2013.03.003
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11452/45903
dc.identifier.volume4
dc.identifier.wos000219363100003
dc.indexed.wosWOS.ESCI
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherZhejiang Univ Sch Medicine
dc.relation.journalWorld Journal Of Emergency Medicine
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subjectFemale
dc.subjectEmergency medical services
dc.subjectPregnancy
dc.subjectReproduction
dc.subjectScience & technology
dc.subjectLife sciences & biomedicine
dc.subjectEmergency medicine
dc.titleIs routine pregnancy test necessary in women of reproductive age admitted to the emergency department?
dc.typeArticle
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