• 1. Department of Pharmacy, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, P.R.China;
  • 2. Evidence-Based Pharmacy Center, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, P.R.China;
  • 3. Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children (Sichuan University), Chengdu, 610041, P.R.China;
  • 4. West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, P.R.China;
  • 5. Department of Pharmacy, Tibet Autonomous Region People’s Hospital, Lhasa, 850000, P.R.China;
  • 6. Chinese Evidence-Based Medicine Center, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, P.R.China;
LI Youping, Email: yzmylab@hotmail.com; ZHANG Lingli, Email: zhlingli@sina.com
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Objective  To analyze the death constitution of inpatients in The Tibet Autonomous Region People's Hospital from 2014 to 2015 and to provide baseline data for further rational drug use. Methods  The medical records of death inpatients between 2014 and 2015 were collected. We classified all diseases according to the international classification of diseases coding (ICD-10) and analyzed the general situation, main death discharge diagnosis and single death diseases. Distribution of inpatients frequency, constituent ratio, cumulative frequency of death diseases were calculated by EXCEL 2007 software. Results  (1) A total of 40 147 patients were discharged and 339 (8.44‰) inpatients died between 2014 and 2015. The sex ratio of male to female was 2.08 to 1 for death inpatients. (2) Death constitution of four diseases' categories were over 10%, including circulatory system diseases, exogenous injury or poisoning system diseases, respiratory system diseases, and digestive system diseases. (3) Death constitution of 3 diseases' categories were between 5% to 10%, including tumor, abnormal signs and symptoms, urogenital system diseases. (4) The main death cause single diseases were cerebral hemorrhage diseases, myocardial infarction, respiratory failure, damage, pneumonia, cancer, neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy. Conclusion  The main death inpatients of the Tibet Autonomous Region People's Hospital are of the age 25 to 59, and the main death cause diseases are circulatory system diseases.

Citation: SUOLANG Yangzong, LI Youping, ZHANG Lingli, YU Jiajie, GUI Ge, ZE Bi, BAIMA Yangzong, DAWA Pingcuo. Death analysis of inpatients of the Tibet Autonomous Region People's Hospital from 2014 to 2015. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2017, 17(5): 501-506. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.201608010 Copy

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