Table 2 Clinical, and medication related characteristics in geriatric patients admitted from April to July at Medical and Surgical wards of JUMC, Ethiopia, 2017 (N = 200)
Characteristics | n (%) |
|---|---|
Admission ward | |
Medical | 131 (65.5) |
Surgical | 69 (34.5) |
Mean number of disease condition per patient, Mean (SD) | 2.20 (1.157) |
Mean number of medications per patient, Mean (SD) | 3.9 (2.108) |
Polypharmacy (yes) | 71 (35.5) |
Disease conditions | |
Heart failure | 48 (24) |
BPH | 26 (13) |
Stroke | 22 (11) |
Acute coronary syndrome | 13 (6.5) |
Acute abdomen | 12 (6) |
Type II DM | 11 (5.5) |
Cancer | 9 (4.5) |
Pneumonia | 8 (4) |
Surgical site infection | 8 (4) |
Chronic kidney disease | 7 (3.5) |
Trauma | 6 (3) |
Hernia | 5 (2.5) |
Hematoma | 5 (2.5) |
Gangrene | 5 (2.5) |
Upper GI bleeding | 5 (2.5) |
Others | 10 (5) |