Authors : Evarist Galusi Lupumbwe; Alfred Laison Mwakalebela; Osca Gautwa Gabone

Volume/Issue : Volume 11 - 2026, Issue 7 - July

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DOI : https://doi.org/10.38124/ijisrt/26jul479

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Abstract : Background Emergency Departments (EDs) serve as critical entry points for patients requiring urgent medical attention such as; acute illness, injuries, and life threaten conditions. However, many health facilities continue to face increasing patient loads, diverse case presentations, and limited resources. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the prevalence and patterns of cases attended at the Emergency Department at Iringa Regional Referral Hospital (IRRH) from July 2024 to June 2025. Understanding the nature, and distribution of cases presenting to the ED is therefore essential for improving service delivery and planning.  Methodology A retrospective cross sectional study reviews about 8,449 Emergency Department patient records admitted at Iringa Regional Referral Hospital from July 2024 to June 2025. The demographic data, complaints and diagnosis was collected using a structured data extraction sheet. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data using excel to summarize patients characteristics and disease patterns, frequencies, Mean, percentages and standard deviation were presented in tables and figures.

Keywords : Emergency Department, Prevalence, and Patterns.

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