Table 3 Description of the 15 most common emergency conditions
Admission diagnosis (n/%) | All patients |
|---|---|
n | 1267 |
Trauma (excl. brain trauma) | 258 (20.4) |
Acute abdomen | 214 (16.9) |
Acute or acute-on-chronic heart failure | 122 (9.6) |
Brain trauma | 67 (5.3) |
Stroke (ischemic or hemorrhagic) | 66 (5.2) |
Community-acquired pneumonia | 64 (5.1) |
Metabolic coma | 54 (4.3) |
Cancer-related condition | 44 (3.5) |
Respiratory failure | 35 (2.8) |
Acute or acute-on-chronic kidney failure | 31 (2.4) |
Surgery-related condition | 22 (1.7) |
Pre-eclampsia/eclampsia | 16 (1.3) |
Decompensated liver cirrhosis | 14 (1.1) |
Infection (excl. community-acquired pneumonia and tuberculosis) | 14 (1.1) |
Miscellaneous | 246 (19.4) |