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

From: Erratum to: 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

570 (36.7)

0.3

119 (20.9)

193 (33.9)

General Internal Medicine

160 (10.3)

8.7

50 (31.3)

77 (48.1)

Cardiology

143 (9.2)

5.5

40 (28.0)

64 (44.8)

Gastroenterology

128 (8.2)

8.5

26 (20.3)

43 (33.6)

Geriatriology

111 (7.2)

10.4

23 (20.7)

63 (56.8)

General Surgery

95 (7.2)

9.2

22 (23.2)

45 (47.4)

Orthopedic Surgery

53 (3.4)

14.2

9 (17.0)

19 (35.9)

Pulmonology

52 (3.4)

10.2

14 (26.9)

25 (48.1)

Endocrinology

46 (3.0)

7.1

10 (21.7)

21 (45.7)

Infectious Diseases

48 (3.1)

9.8

12 (25.0)

22 (45.8)

Heart, Pulmonary and vascular Surgery

39 (2.5)

8.5

16 (41.0)

21 (53.9)

Neurology

40 (2.6)

18.8

9 (22.5)

13 (32.5)

Nephrology

16 (1.0)

3.5

7 (43.8)

10 (62.5)

Hematology

9 (0.6)

14.6

1 (11.1)

3 (33.3)

Rheumatology

9 (0.6)

14.4

0 (0.0)

4 (44.4)

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

4 (0.3)

15.0

1 (25.0)

2 (50.0)

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

1553 (100.0)

6.0

362 (23.3)

638 (41.1)