Table 4 Twenty most common chief complaints in the SEM cohort, according to the RETTS system [11]. The term “Unspecific disorder” is used when the triage nurse is unable to classify the patient’s problem using the more specific terms in the system
Number of patient visits | % of all patients | |
|---|---|---|
Abdominal pain | 67,171 | 10.7% |
Missing | 57,462 | 9.1% |
Chest pain | 51,351 | 8.1% |
Dyspnea | 38,154 | 6.1% |
Injury, hand | 24,507 | 3.9% |
Unspecific disorder | 23,302 | 3.7% |
Extremity pain | 19,814 | 3.1% |
Injury, head | 18,932 | 3.0% |
Injury foot | 16,255 | 2.6% |
Dizziness | 15,767 | 2.5% |
Infection | 15,451 | 2.5% |
Arrhythmia | 14,350 | 2.3% |
Neurological deficit | 13,498 | 2.1% |
Fever | 12,945 | 2.1% |
Headache | 12,288 | 1.9% |
Back pain | 11,622 | 1.8% |
Extremity symptom | 10,905 | 1.7% |
Renal colic | 9939 | 1.6% |
Injury, knee | 9566 | 1.5% |