Table 2 Prehospital and in-hospital characteristics of shock (2007–2011)
From: Shock in the emergency department; a 12 year population based cohort study
MECU, n (%)* | Overall mortality, n (%) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Specialty/Department | ED contacts, n (%) | Prehospital contacts, n (%) | Intravenous fluid therapy | Intravenous vasopressor therapy | Mechanical ventilation | Cardiac arrest | ICU admission, n (%) | 7-days | 90-days |
Emergency Department | 209 (27.0) | 39 (18.7) | 16 (7.7) | 17 (2.8) | 10 (4.8) | 4 (1.9) | 9 (4.3) | 47 (22.5) | 70 (33.5) |
General Internal Medicine | 36 (5.0) | 2 (5.6) | 1 (2.8) | 1 (0.6) | 1 (2.8) | 1 (2.8) | 14 (38.9) | 10 (27.8) | 14 (38.9) |
Cardiology | 79 (10.0) | 19 (24.1) | 11 (13.9) | 11 (6.9) | 12 (15.2) | 10 (12.7) | 22 (27.9) | 26 (32.9) | 40 (50.6) |
Gastroenterology | 74 (9.0) | 11 (14.9) | 6 (8.1) | 7 (5.2) | 4 (5.4) | 0 (0.0) | 18 (24.3) | 14 (18.9) | 27 (36.5) |
Geriatriology | 81 (10.0) | 17 (21.0) | 5 (6.2) | 4 (3.4) | 5 (6.2) | 2 (2.5) | 3 (3.7) | 16 (19.8) | 43 (53.1) |
General Surgery | 53 (7.0) | 5 (9.4) | 3 (5.7) | 5 (5.1) | 1 (1.9) | 1 (1.9) | 18 (34.0) | 14 (26.4) | 26 (49.1) |
Orthopedic Surgery | 35 (4.0) | 4 (11.4) | 3 (8.6) | 3 (5.5) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 8 (22.9) | 6 (17.1) | 13 (37.1) |
Pulmonology | 53 (7.0) | 12 (22.6) | 11 (20.8) | 11 (20.8) | 6 (11.3) | 2 (3.8) | 16 (30.2) | 14 (26.4) | 27 (50.9) |
Endocrinology | 29 (4.0) | 2 (6.9) | 1 (3.5) | 1 (2.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (10.3) | 2 (6.9) | 9 (31.0) |
Infectious Diseases | 47 (6.0) | 17 (36.2) | 8 (17.0) | 9 (19.2) | 5 (10.6) | 0 (0.0) | 25 (53.2) | 12 (25.5) | 21 (44.7) |
Heart, Pulmonary and vascular Surgery | 23 (3.0) | 5 (21.7) | 4 (17.4) | 5 (11.4) | 2 (8.7) | 0 (0.0) | 12 (52.2) | 8 (34.8) | 9 (39.1) |
Neurology | 17 (2.0) | 2 (15.4) | 4 (23.53) | 4 (9.8) | 2 (11.8) | 0 (0.0) | 7 (41.2) | 1 (5.9) | 2 (11.8) |
Nephrology | 13 (2.0) | 8 (47.1) | 1 (7.7) | 1 (9.8) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (30.8) | 6 (46.2) | 8 (61.5) |
Hematology | 4 (1.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (25.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
Rheumatology | 10 (1.0) | 1 (10.0) | 1 (10.0) | 1 (10.0) | 1 (10.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (20.0) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (40.0) |
Oncology | 6 (1.0) | 2 (33.3) | 1 (16.7) | 1 (12.5) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (16.7) | 2 (33.3) | 4 (66.8) |
Urology | 2 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (12.5) | 1 (50.0) |
Otorhinolaryngology | 5 (1.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (16.7) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (20.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
Neurosurgery | 5 (1.0) | 4 (80.0) | 4 (80.0) | 4 (80.0) | 3 (60.0) | 1 (20.0) | 5 (100.0) | 2 (40.0) | 3 (60.0) |
Plastic Surgery | 2 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (50.0) |
Hospice | 1 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (100.0) |
Total | 784 (100.0) | 150 (19.1) | 80 (10.2) | 42 (5.4) | 52 (6.6) | 21 (2.7) | 169 (21.6) | 180 (23.0) | 323 (41.2) |