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Table 2 ED diagnosis of critically ill patients

From: Critical Care in the Emergency Department: An assessment of the length of stay and invasive procedures performed on critically ill ED patients

Respiratory System

34/178 (19.1%)

COPD&

9

Asthma

3

Pneumonia

12

Resp Failure NYD

7

Other

3

Unknown!

33/178 (18.5%)

     

Central Nervous System

27/178 (15.2%)

CVA

8

Decreased LOC@

6

ICH#

8

Seizure

4

Other

1

Toxic Ingestion

26/178 (14.6%)

     

Trauma

16/178 (9.0%)

Multi-system

11

TBI*

5

   

Gastrointestinal System

14/178 (7.9%)

GI Bleed

11

Other

3

   

Cardiovascular System

8/178 (4.5%)

Cardiac Arrest

4

ACS$

1

Pulmonary Edema

2

PE%

1

 

Endocrine

7/178 (3.9%)

DKA+

7

    

Genital-urinary System

4/178 (2.4%)

Acute Renal Failure

3

Other

1

   

Sepsis-location unknown

3/178 (1.7%)

     

Other =

6/178 (3.4%)

     
  1. Note: classification is based on primary physiological system affected by patient illness. The majority of patients had multiple physiologic system derangement.
  2. @ Level of consciousness
  3. # Intra-cranial hemorrhage
  4. $ Acute coronary syndrome
  5. % Pulmonary embolus
  6. & Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
  7. * Traumatic Brain Injury
  8. + Diabetic ketoacidosis
  9. = Other: epistaxis, chart incomplete (2), suicide attempt, supraglotitis swelling, neck haematoma
  10. ! Reason for ICU admission not stated in chart, or multifactorial in nature
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Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

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