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Patient Complaints Among Emergency Room Patients At A Teaching Hospital In Karachi, Waris Qidwai, Muhammad Baqir, Syed Sohail Ali, Semi Ayub
Patient Complaints Among Emergency Room Patients At A Teaching Hospital In Karachi, Waris Qidwai, Muhammad Baqir, Syed Sohail Ali, Semi Ayub
Department of Family Medicine
OBJECTIVES: To study the chief presenting complaints among patients presenting to the Emergency Medical services.
SETTING: This study was conducted at the Emergency Room of Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi during March and April, 2003.
METHODS: A survey was carried out by the study investigators. This survey included patients who were not very sick and were selected at random. Demographic profiles of the respondents were noted. EPI-info and SPSS computer software programs were used for analysis of the results.
RESULTS: One hundred patients were surveyed. The majority was relatively young, married men and women, well educated and …