Pattern of presenting complaints recorded as near-drowning events in emergency departments: a national surveillance study from Pakistan

Table 3 Patients with "near-drowning" presenting complaints with other injuries that required care

Other injuries/conditions* - sum**	True near-drowning patients (n = 40)	Intentional injury patients (n = 40)	Total (n = 133)***
	N (%)	N (%)	N (%)
Injury - head/face/neck	10 (25.0)	9 (22.5)	29 (21.8)
Injury - arms/hands	11 (27.5)	7 (17.5)	30 (22.6)
Injury - legs/feet	16 (40.0)	10 (25.0)	39 (29.3)
Injury - Abdomen	0 (0.0)	1 (2.5)	1 (0.8)
Other****	5 (12.5)	6 (15.0)	21 (15.8)

Note: Chi-square test could not be applied because the variable is summary of multiple responses.
* Obtained relevant information from patients' main complaints when presenting at the ED;
** Summary of multiple responses, therefore % provided was for individual category, and cannot add up to 100%
*** Missing: 39.8% for intention variable
**** Other conditions among all 133 patients: Loss of consciousness (5, 3.8%), Fever (3, 2.3%), Chest pain (2, 1.5%), Bleeding with cough (2, 1.5%), Suicidal tendencies (4, 3.0%), Fatigue (n = 1, 0.8%), Fast heartbeat (n = 1, 0.8%), Other heart conditions (n = 1, 0.8%), Pain in abdomen (n = 1, 0.8%), Rectal bleeding (n = 1, 0.8%), Throat pain (n = 2, 1.5%), Wheezing (n = 1, 0.8%), Cough (n = 3, 2.3%), Headache (n = 3,2.3%), Dizziness (n = 1, 0.8%), Anxiety (n = 1, 0.8%), Pain in back (n = 1, 0.8%), Abscess (n = 1, 0.8%), Pain/difficulty in urination (n = 1, 0.8%), General pain (n = 2, 1.5%).

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