Table 4 Diagnoses in patients with dyspnea. Primary diagnoses in patients suspected of myocardial infarction because of dyspnea and triaged by use of electrocardiogram-based telemedicine (n = 1464)
Primary diagnosis | n (%) |
|---|---|
Heart disease | 692 (47.3) |
Heart failure/cardiomyopathies | 202 (13.8) |
Supraventricular tachycardia | 151 (10.3) |
Acute myocardial infarction | 121 (8.3) |
Pulmonary embolism | 64 (4.4) |
Chronic ischaemic heart disease | 57 (4.0) |
Valvular heart disease | 46 (3.2) |
Other arrhythmia | 17 (1.2) |
Other heart disease | 34 (2.3) |
Lung disease | 359 (24.5) |
Pulmonary infections | 209 (14.3) |
Obstructive lung diseases | 121 (8.3) |
Pleural disorders | 12 (0.8) |
Interstitial lung disease | 8 (0.6) |
Other lung diseases | 9 (0.6) |
Other | 413 (28.2) |
Other infections | 49 (3.4) |
Gastrointestinal diseases | 31 (2.1) |
Endocrine and metabolic diseases | 26 (1.8) |
Anaemia | 18 (1.2) |
Renal disease | 18 (1.2) |
Miscellaneous | 133 (9.1) |
No final diagnosis | 138 (9.4) |
Symptom/“encounter for” diagnoses | 105 (7.1) |
No hospital admission | 33 (2.3) |