Table 2 Frequency of vital signs for top ten presenting complaints (patients >12 years)
Presenting complaints | N (% of total sample n = 259288) | *Pulse | *BP | * T°C | *GCS | *RR | *SpO2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | N (% of each presenting complaints) | |||||
Fever | 31554 (12.2) | 9964 (31.6) | 9645 (30.6) | 12528 (39.7) | 1170 (3.7) | 3797 (12.0) | 1288 (4.1) |
Injury (non-head/face/neck) | 29695 (11.4) | 2767 (9.3) | 3200 (10.8) | 2583 (8.7) | 441 (1.5) | 2267 (7.6) | 1437 (4.8) |
Abdominal pain | 23170 (8.9) | 5886 (25.4) | 5986 (25.8) | 4516 (19.5)) | 311 (1.3) | 1520 (6.6) | 732 (3.2) |
Chest pain | 20130 (7.8) | 8630 (42.9) | 9076 (45.1) | 7008 (34.8) | 1371 (6.8) | 5157 (25.6) | 1409 (7.0) |
Injury (Head/face/neck) | 13309 (5.0) | 1769 (13.3) | 2064 (15.5) | 1669 (12.5) | 394 (3.0) | 1418 (10.7) | 852 (6.4) |
Vomiting | 10629 (4.1) | 3135 (29.5) | 3372 (31.7) | 2508 (23.6) | 211 (2.0) | 1098 (10.3) | 606 (5.7) |
Headache | 9516 (3.7) | 3267 (34.3) | 3706 (38.9) | 2779 (29.2) | 286 (3.0) | 887 (9.3) | 271 (2.8) |
Shortness of breath | 8548 (3.3) | 2711 (31.7) | 3087 (36.1) | 1936 (22.6) | 219 (2.6) | 1436 (16.8) | 611 (7.2) |
Back pain | 8239 (3.2) | 1557 (18.9) | 1597 (19.4) | 1392 (16.9) | 39 (0.5) | 368 (4.5) | 169 (2.1) |
Diarrhea | 5954 (2.3) | 1835 (30.8) | 1916 (32.2) | 1588 (26.7) | 108 (1.8) | 608 (10.2) | 244 (4.1) |
Total | 160744 (62.0) | 41521 (25.8) | 43649 (27.8) | 38507 (24.0) | 4550 (2.8) | 18556 (11.5) | 7619 (4.7) |