[Gyneco-obstetrical emergencies at the obstetrics and gynecology department of Sousse: epidemiological study and becoming of the consultants].

INTRODUCTION

the objective of this work was to establish the clinical profile of patients consulting in gyneco-obstetrical emergencies and identify the reasons for consultation and the becoming of the consultants.

METHODS

a one-center retrospective descriptive observational study was performed including patients who consulted between January 1st and December 31st, 2018. Obstetric emergencies after 36 weeks of amenorrhea were not included. We drew lots 4 months of the year 2018 (one month per season). Then we drew lots 2 weeks of each month. A data collection sheet was developed for the purposes of this work.

RESULTS

a total of 2007 patients were included in our study among 15,553 gynecological emergency room consultants during 2018. We found that the largest number of consultants was recorded at the start of the week and between 7 am and 7 pm. The most frequently obstetric reasons observed for consultation were pelvic pain (39.6%), bleeding (23.8%) and vomiting (8.7%). The most frequently gynecological reasons for consultation were pelvic pain (54.2%), then metrorrhagia (18.8%) and mastodynia (7.1%). Of the study participants, 66.82% received an ultrasound, 23% received a beta HCG test. The majority of emergency room consultants were referred to their home.

CONCLUSION

the majority of patients visiting the emergency room do not have any emergency-related pathologies.