Chief complaint of 3,545 pediatric patients at the emergency room of San Pablo Hospital during a five months period
Mayol, P.M.; Mora, E.
Boletin de la Asociacion Medica de Puerto Rico 81(11): 430-432
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0004-4849 PMID: 2604808 Document Number: 700309
A survey was made of the chief complaints at the Emergency Room of San Pablo Hospital of 3,545 pediatric patients seen between January 1 and May 31, 1988. Most common chief complaints involved the gastrointestinal system, trauma, and fractures. There was a wide range of chief complaints. Periodic surveys of this type should be useful in establishing priorities of pediatric training.
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