Mehrab Sharifi Sedeh, Hammidreza Dehghan Benadaki , Mojtaba Mousavi, Navvab Shamspour,
Volume 2, Issue 2 (7-2010)
Abstract
Introduction: According to the research, providing the necessary resources exactly in order to establish emergency clinics requires attention to the frequency and the use of medical services during the establishment. This paper aims to study the frequency and causes of patients referring to the emergency clinic of Islamic Republic of Iran Red Crescent Society after earthquake of Haiti in 2010.
Methods: All patients referred to the emergency clinic were surveyed by using convenience and consecutive sampling in this sectional and observational study. Some data was recorded as demographic characteristics including gender & age and clinical data as clinical complaints & type of prescribed medication.
Findings: The results show that, the most frequent cause of Haitian patients' complaints (about 35/90%) in Iranian clinic was because of pain after earthquake. Most prescribed and frequent drugs were tranquilizers and antibiotics respectively.
Conclusion: Regarding the results, it must be cared for patients' pain and infection treatment and the contagious diseases after earthquake in emergency clinic. Therefore, the mentioned cases should be considered in the future clinics.
Seyed Ali Riaz, Ali Torkan, Seyed Mostafa Mortazavi, Hammidreza Dehghan,
Volume 3, Issue 3 (3-2012)
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Generally, the first obtained information in patients' history consists of symptoms and problems expressed by him/her. Actually this information helps the physician to diagnose the disease effectively. This study aims to investigate the frequency of the chief complaints of the pilgrims referred to the caravan physicians in order to plan and compile the treatment protocols in the Hajj.
METHODS: In this retrospective cross-sectional study, all medical records of pilgrims were investigated in Hajj in 2010. The needed information on diagnosis was determined and extracted by caravan physicians.
FINDINGS: Totally, 133375 cases were investigated. The results showed that the respiratory diseases were the highest frequency (53/02%) and then the muscular and skeletal problems were in next order (6/08%). Muscular and skeletal pain, neurological diseases and also gastrointestinal diseases were in the next orders.
CONCLUSION: The patients referred to the caravan physicians mostly for these main reasons during the Hajj such as: the respiratory diseases, muscle and skeletal pain, headache and gastrointestinal diseases. These kinds of diseases mainly are preventable through proper training and health consideration during the Hajj period.
