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DOMINGUEZ P, M Constanza et al. Descriptive epidemiological study of patients hospitalized in the ENT Department of the Hospital Clínico de la Universidad de Chile between the years 2007 and 2014. Rev. Otorrinolaringol. Cir. Cabeza Cuello [online]. 2016, vol.76, n.3, pp.265-271. ISSN 0718-4816.  http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0718-48162016000300003.

Introduction: Diseases ofotolaryngology (ENT) origin have a high prevalence in primary health care, however, the epidemiological information on hospitalized patients is almost null. Aim: To obtain demographic and disease prevalence information in hospitalized patients of the ENT Department at the Hospital Clínico de la Universidad de Chile (HCUCh). Material and method: A descriptive and retrospective study, was carried out at the ENT department of the HCUCh, reviewing existing records of diagnostic related groups (GRD) for discharges between 2007 and 2014. Results: We review a total of 7353 discharges, with an average age of patients of 28.24 years. The most frequent cause of hospitalization was pharynx pathology. An 87.88% of discharges had surgery performed, where tonsillectomy with adenoidectomy reached 15,7% of the total. Conclusion: This study provides us with epidemiological information on patients hospitalized in an ENT department in a nationwide referral hospital.

Palabras clave : GRD; Hospital Discharges; ENT pathology.

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