Microbial Predominance and Antimicrobial Resistance in a Tertiary Hospital in Northwest China: A Six-Year Retrospective Study of Outpatients and Patients Visiting the Emergency Department

Table 1

Annual number and percentage (%) of the specimens submitted from outpatient clinics and emergency department for the laboratory tests from 2013 to 2018.

Department	2013		2014		2015		2016		2017		2018		value	Trend
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Emergency	469	20.4	490	19.7	517	21.0	1017	32.5	1046	32.0	2.306	42.9	<0.001	↑
Urology	400	17.4	710	28.5	497	20.1	426	13.6	673	20.6	891	16.6	<0.001	↓
Nephrology	559	24.3	427	17.2	491	19.9	511	16.3	466	14.3	581	10.8	<0.001	↓
Respiratory	272	11.8	211	8.5	381	15.4	491	15.7	300	9.2	475	8.8	0.002	↓
Convenient	120	5.2	129	5.2	134	5.4	126	4.0	115	3.5	160	3.0	<0.001	↓
Rheumatology	150	6.5	71	2.9	56	2.3	68	2.2	85	2.6	124	2.3	<0.001	↓
Peritoneal dialysis	45	2.0	91	3.7	82	3.3	64	2.0	69	2.1	115	2.1	0.083	No change
Kidney transplant	33	1.4	52	2.1	25	1.0	36	1.2	69	2.1	143	2.7	0.0043	↑
Gynecology	32	1.4	74	3.0	80	3.2	68	2.2	50	1.5	53	1.0	<0.001	↓
Breast surgery							62	2.0	103	3.2	140	2.6
Other	223	9.7	232	9.3	204	8.3	258	8.3	290	8.9	390	7.3	0.012	↓
Total	2.303	100.0	2.487	100.0	2.467	100.0	3.127	100.0	3.266	100.0	5.378	100.0

Convenient clinic helps to meet simple requests of the patients with frequent visits, such as to fill in the prescription and/or to obtain the regular laboratory tests. Data not available. Other outpatient clinics include dermatology clinic, blood purification clinic, infectious disease clinic, hematology clinic, oncology clinic, pediatric clinic, Chinese medicine clinic, digestive medicine clinic, otolaryngology clinic, general surgery clinic, orthopedic surgery clinic, endocrinology clinic, ophthalmology clinic, thoracic surgery clinic, hepatobiliary surgery clinic, neurology clinic, obstetrics clinic, cardiovascular disease clinic, cardiac and vascular clinic, neurosurgery clinic, geriatric surgery clinic, oncology surgery clinic, Chinese medicine clinic (Xingshan campus), neonatal clinic, chest clinic, burn plastic surgery clinic, reproductive medicine clinic, cardiovascular surgery clinic, biotherapy consultation clinic, stomatology clinic, general medicine clinic, tumor radiotherapy clinic, structural heart disease clinic, famous senior Chinese medicine clinic, peripheral vascular clinic, rehabilitation clinic (Xingshan campus), Lugang obstetrics and gynecology clinic, pain clinic, and vascular surgery clinic.