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Table 1 Distribution of moderate to severe pain and frequency of fentanyl administration within the 21 ICD-10 chapters

From: Acute pain in the prehospital setting: a register-based study of 41.241 patients

 

ICD-10 chapters

Total

Moderate to severe paina, b

Fentanyl adm.b

n

Yes (%)

No information (%)

n

Yes (%)

I

Infectious and parasitic diseases

1108

22.0 (19.6–24.6)

34.0 (31.2–36.9)

32

2.9 (2.0–4.1)

II

In situ neoplasms

444

21.6 (17.9–25.7)

31.1 (26.8–35.6)

17

3.8 (2.2–6.1)

III

Diseases of blood, blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism

219

18.3 (13.4–24.0)

29.7 (23.7–36.2)

13

5.9 (3.2–9.9)

IV

Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic disease

741

10.4 (8.3–12.8)

34.4 (31.0–38.0)

8

1.1 (0.5–2.1)

V

Mental and behavioral disorders

968

8.3 (6.6–10.2)

34.9 (31.9–38.0)

5

0.5 (0.2–1.2)

VI

Diseases of the nervous system

1153

13.6 (11.7–15.7)

35.0 (32.3–37.9)

16

1.4 (0.8–2.2)

VII

Diseases of the eye and adnexa

24

20.8 (7.1–42.2)

25.0 (9.8–46.7)

0

–

VIII

Diseases of the ear and mastoid process

98

14.3 (8.0–22.8)

29.6 (20.8–39.7)

2

2.5 (0.2–7.2)

IX

Diseases of the circulatory system

4812

22.1 (20.9–23.3)

32.0 (30.7–33.4)

356

7.4 (6.7–8.2)

X

Diseases of the respiratory system

3467

14.2 (13.0–15.4)

35.2 (33.7–36.9)

88

2.5 (2.0–3.1)

XI

Diseases of the digestive system

1999

40.7 (38.6–42.9)

28.0 (26.1–30.0)

224

11.2 (9.9–12.7)

XII

Diseases of skin and subcutaneous tissue

96

12.5 (6.6–20.8)

39.6 (29.7–50.1)

0

–

XIII

Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue

772

60.6 (57.0–64.1)

23.1 (20.1–26.2)

191

24.7 (21.7–27.9)

XIV

Diseases of the genitourinary system

1105

33.5 (30.7–36.4)

27.4 (24.8–30.2)

124

11.2 (9.4–13.2)

XV

Pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium

377

30.2 (25.6–35.1)

39.3 (34.3–44.4)

12

3.2 (1.7–5.5)

XVI

Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period

0

–

–

0

–

XVII

Congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities

10

–

–

0

–

XVIII

Symptoms, signs, and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified

7101

28.5 (27.4–29.5)

28.1 (27.0–29.1)

355

5.0 (4.5–5.5)

XIX

Injury, poisoning, and certain other consequences of external causes

8041

42.8 (41.7–43.9)

28.8 (27.8–29.8)

1456

18.1 (17.3–19.0)

XX

External causes of morbidity and mortality

0

–

–

 

–

XXI

Factors influencing health status and contact with health services

5148

31.6 (30.3–32.9)

29.6 (28.4–30.9)

364

7.1 (6.4–7.8)

–

Unknown

3558

8.1 (7.2–9.0)

51.3 (49.7–53.0)

12

0.3 (0.2–0.6)

 

Total

41,241

27.7 (27.3–28.2)

32.2 (31.7–32.6)

3275

7.9 (7.7–8.2)

  1. Abbreviations: ICD-10 10th version of the international classification of diseases, Adm administration
  2. aModerate to severe pain defined as a numeric rating scale ≥ 4 or moderate pain or higher registered on a 4-point verbal rating scale upon initial patient triage
  3. bGiven as proportions (%) with 95% confidence intervals