Abstract

Introduction: Morbidity and mortality in the emergency department (ED) are two of the most important entities needed to be evaluated and discussed to have a good understanding and improve the medical care provided to the patients. Objectives: To determine the tenth most common causes of morbidity and mortality in the ED in different hospitals. Methods: A retrospective descriptive study in the emergency room of two hospitals of Baghdad Al Rusafa health directory includes all the morbid patients admitted to ED or died in it in the selected 35 days of the years 2021 and 2022. Medical records were used in the study, and data collected were the cause of admission or death, age, and gender. Results: A 6651 morbid patients’ data were collected, included 3595 (54%) males and 3056 (46%) females, showed that the most common causes for morbidity in descending order were gastrointestinal disorders (17%), cardiovascular diseases (10.6%), accident and trauma (9.3%), road traffic accidents (9.3%), the nervous system (8.5%) respiratory (7.8%) and COVID 19 (6.2%).  Regarding mortality, 1192 deaths were reported (661 males and 531 females). The most common leading causes of mortality in ED were cardiovascular diseases (39.4%), COVID-19 (23.4%), respiratory diseases (8.7%) and urinary tract diseases (6.5%). Conclusions: Morbidity and mortality In the ED require more attention from the policymakers to provide more training funding to the ED staff to improve the medical care given. More research for post-COVID-19 for re-evaluation of morbidity and mortality in ED. Objective of the study: To determine the top ten most common causes of morbidity and mortality in emergency departments AL Rusafa general hospitals in years 2021 and 2022