Table 2 Emergency care characteristics of dead on arrival patients presenting to seven emergency departments in Pakistan (November 2010 to March 2011)
From: Dead on arrival in a low-income country: results from a multicenter study in Pakistan
| Â | N | % |
|---|---|---|
Presenting complaints | Â | Â |
- Fever | 168 | 10.9 |
- Chest pain | 98 | 6.3 |
- Abdominal pain | 87 | 5.6 |
- Generalized pain | 71 | 4.6 |
- Diarrhea/loose motions | 51 | 3.3 |
- Any injury | 165 | 10.7 |
Injury | Â | Â |
- Unintentional | 108 | 73.5 |
- Intentional | 39 | 26.5 |
Mechanism of injury | Â | Â |
- Road traffic injury | 28 | 36.4 |
- Burns | 17 | 22.1 |
- Falls | 11 | 14.3 |
- Others (n≤5) | 21 | 27.2 |
- Other | 38 | 49.3 |
Seen by | Â | Â |
- Nurse | 511 | 56.2 |
- Paramedic | 393 | 43.2 |
- House physician | 377 | 41.4 |
- Medical officer | 625 | 68.7 |
- Resident | 213 | 23.4 |
- Consultant physician | 103 | 11.3 |
Imaging | Â | Â |
- X-ray | 304 | 95.6 |
- Computerized tomography scan | 5 | 1.0 |
- Ultrasound | 12 | 3.8 |
Treatment | Â | Â |
- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation | 42 | 6.0 |
- Central venous line/intravenous fluids | 140 | 19.9 |