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Table 1 In-hospital characteristics of shock (2000–2011)

From: Shock in the emergency department; a 12 year population based cohort study

   

Overall mortality, n (%)

Specialty/Department

n (%)

Duration of admission in days (mean)

7-days

90-days

Emergency Department

605 (36.8)

0.3

125 (20.7)

203 (33.6)

General Internal Medicine

169 (10.3)

8.6

52 (30.8)

81 (47.9)

Cardiology

160 (9.7)

5.7

44 (27.5)

71 (44.4)

Gastroenterology

134 (8.1)

9.1

27 (20.2)

45 (33.6)

Geriatriology

118 (7.2)

10.1

24 (20.3)

64 (54.2)

General Surgery

98 (6.0)

9.0

23 (23.5)

46 (46.9)

Orthopedic Surgery

55 (3.3)

13.7

9 (16.4)

20 (36.4)

Pulmonology

53 (3.2)

10.2

14 (26.4)

27 (50.9)

Endocrinology

50 (3.0)

6.8

10 (20.0)

23 (46.0)

Infectious Diseases

47 (2.9)

9.5

12 (25.5)

21 (44.7)

Heart, Pulmonary and vascular Surgery

44 (2.7)

8.9

17 (38.6)

22 (50.0)

Neurology

41 (2.5)

18.5

9 (22.0)

13 (31.7)

Nephrology

17 (1.0)

4.4

7 (41.2)

10 (58.8)

Hematology

10 (0.6)

13.3

2 (20.0)

4 (40.0)

Rheumatology

10 (0.6)

13.8

0 (0.0)

4 (40.0)

Oncology

8 (0.5)

6.8

2 (25.0)

4 (50.0)

Urology

8 (0.5)

9.1

1 (12.5)

4 (50.0)

Otorhinolaryngology

6 (0.4)

5.7

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Neurosurgery

5 (0.3)

12.2

2 (40.0)

3 (60.0)

Plastic Surgery

5 (0.3)

17.2

0 (0.0)

2 (40.0)

Hospice

3 (0.2)

28.0

0 (0.0)

3 (100.0)

Total

1.646 (100.0)

5.9

380 (23.1)

670 (40.7)