Haematology Consultations in a Tertiary Health Care Centre in Nigeria. 2020

O W Aworanti, and C Anyanwu-Yeiya, and K B Shonde-Adebola, and J A Olaniyi, and W A Shokunbi
Department of Haematology, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria.

OBJECTIVE The ease with which investigations are done in this technological age increases the possibility of finding abnormal haematological values, which inevitably leads to haematologic consultations. The Department of Haematology at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan provides a busy consultative service for in-patients and out-patients suspected of having a haematological disorder. This study reviewed the consultations received from different clinical departments to Consultant Haematologists at our tertiary hospital. METHODS Analysis of consultation requests on in-patients received in the Haematology department, UCH between June 2015 and January 2016 was done. During this period, the department had six Haematologists and nine resident doctors. SPSS version 22 was employed for the statistical analysis. RESULTS A total of 285 consultation requests were received during the study period, with an average of 36 consults per month. The highest number was received in July 2015. The patients reviewed had a mean age of 36.9±19 years, and requests on female patients exceeded those on males, with a M:F ratio 1:1.5. Consultation for a presumptive diagnosis of sickle cell disease (SCD) were the commonest indication (17%). The highest consultation was from Obstetrics and Gynaecology (O&G) (25%) while the least was from Radiation Oncology (0.4%). CONCLUSIONS There is an increasing role for the Haematologist in sub-Saharan Africa as evidenced by the high frequency of consultations observed in this review. The management team of each teaching hospital should bear in mind the need to have adequate number of Haematologists so as to ensure optimal haematological services.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D009549 Nigeria A republic in western Africa, south of NIGER between BENIN and CAMEROON. Its capital is Abuja. Federal Republic of Nigeria
D012017 Referral and Consultation The practice of sending a patient to another program or practitioner for services or advice which the referring source is not prepared to provide. Consultation,Gatekeepers, Health Service,Hospital Referral,Second Opinion,Consultation and Referral,Health Service Gatekeepers,Hospital Referrals,Referral,Referral, Hospital,Referrals, Hospital,Consultations,Gatekeeper, Health Service,Health Service Gatekeeper,Opinion, Second,Opinions, Second,Referrals,Second Opinions
D003695 Delivery of Health Care The concept concerned with all aspects of providing and distributing health services to a patient population. Delivery of Dental Care,Health Care,Health Care Delivery,Health Care Systems,Community-Based Distribution,Contraceptive Distribution,Delivery of Healthcare,Dental Care Delivery,Distribution, Non-Clinical,Distribution, Nonclinical,Distributional Activities,Healthcare,Healthcare Delivery,Healthcare Systems,Non-Clinical Distribution,Nonclinical Distribution,Activities, Distributional,Activity, Distributional,Care, Health,Community Based Distribution,Community-Based Distributions,Contraceptive Distributions,Deliveries, Healthcare,Delivery, Dental Care,Delivery, Health Care,Delivery, Healthcare,Distribution, Community-Based,Distribution, Contraceptive,Distribution, Non Clinical,Distributional Activity,Distributions, Community-Based,Distributions, Contraceptive,Distributions, Non-Clinical,Distributions, Nonclinical,Health Care System,Healthcare Deliveries,Healthcare System,Non Clinical Distribution,Non-Clinical Distributions,Nonclinical Distributions,System, Health Care,System, Healthcare,Systems, Health Care,Systems, Healthcare
D005260 Female Females
D006405 Hematology A subspecialty of internal medicine concerned with morphology, physiology, and pathology of the blood and blood-forming tissues.
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293 Adolescent A person 13 to 18 years of age. Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults

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