Table 2 Distribution of Airway, Breathing, Circulation, Disability, Exposure (ABCDE)-categories and medical/surgical diagnoses among 109 critically ill adult non-trauma patients
Category | Diagnosis | Number | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
Airway | 4 | 3.7 | |
Anaphylaxis | 2 | 50.0 | |
FBAO | 1 | 25.0 | |
Hereditary angiooedema | 1 | 25.0 | |
Breathing | 27 | 24.8 | |
Pneumonia | 13 | 48.1 | |
COLD | 6 | 22.2 | |
Pulmonary oedema | 6 | 22.2 | |
Pulmonary embolism | 2 | 7.4 | |
Circulation | 41 | 37.6 | |
Haemorrhage | 11 | 26.8 | |
MI | 9 | 22.0 | |
Sepsis (non-respiratory) | 6 | 14.6 | |
Arrhythmia | 4 | 9.8 | |
Acute kidney failure | 3 | 7.3 | |
Cardiac arrest | 3 | 7.3 | |
Dehydration | 2 | 4.9 | |
Ketoacidosis | 2 | 4.9 | |
Hypotension | 1 | 2.4 | |
Disability | 31 | 28.4 | |
Intoxication | 10 | 32.3 | |
Seizures | 8 | 25.8 | |
Cerebral haemorrhage | 7 | 22.6 | |
Metabolic | 2 | 6.5 | |
Stroke | 2 | 6.5 | |
Hypoglycemia | 1 | 3.2 | |
Psychiatric problems | 1 | 3.2 | |
Exposure | 2 | 1.8 | |
Hypothermia | 1 | 50.0 | |
Smoke inhalation | 1 | 50.0 | |
Other | 4 | 3.7 | |
Pain | 3 | 75.0 | |
Abscess | 1 | 25.0 |