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) |