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Table 4 Distribution of patients according to final diagnosis (ICD-10 code) among groups more than 30 patients

From: Characteristics and outcomes of patients with dyspnoea as the main symptom, assessed by prehospital emergency nurses- a retrospective observational study

 

All patientsa

Women

Men

Final diagnosis - n(%)

6354

3538

2816

1. Cardiovascular disease

1316 (24.7)

694 (23.9)

1.10 [0.94,1.30]b

a. Heart failure

801 (15.0)

402 (13.8)

399 (16.5)

b. Ischemic heart disease

154 (2.9)

70 (2.4)

84 (3.5)

c. Arrhythmia

142 (2.7)

87 (3.0)

55 (2.3)

d. Pulmonary embolism

123 (2.3)

81 (2.8)

42 (1.7)

2. Pulmonary disease

1311 (24.6)

780 (26.9)

0.77 [0.65,0.91]

a. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

1088 (20.4)

656 (22.6)

432 (17.9)

b. Asthma bronchiale

127 (2.4)

87 (3.0)

40 (1.7)

c. Other pulmonary diseases

94 (1.8)

37 (1.3)

57 (2.4)

3. Infection

1172 (22.0)

607 (20.9)

1.15 [0.97,1.37]

a. Pulmonary

912 (17.1)

469 (16.1)

443 (18.3)

b. Sepsis

97 (1.8)

43 (1.5)

54 (2.2)

c. Ear, nose and throat and upper airways

81 (1.5)

52 (1.8)

29 (1.2)

d. Other infection

74 (1.4)

40 (1.4)

34 (1.4)

4. Symptom diagnosis

662 (12.4)

353 (12.2)

1.06 [0.85,1.31]

5. Cancer

138 (2.6)

66 (2.3)

1.32 [0.85,2.01]

a. Pulmonary

89 (1.7)

49 (1.7)

40 (1.7)

b. Other localisation

31 (0.6)

13 (0.4)

18 (0.7)

6. Respiratory insufficiency

129 (2.4)

79 (2.7)

0.76 [0.47,1.21]

7. Psychiatric disorder

90 (1.7)

49 (1.7)

1.01 [0.58,1.74]

9. Urinary disease

69 (1.3)

30 (1.0)

1.57 [0.84,2.95]

10. Pleura Disease

54 (1.0)

32 (1.1)

0.82 [0.40,1.69]

11. Muscle skeletal pain

44 (0.8)

32 (1.1)

0.45 [0.19,1.07]

12. Organ failure

39 (0.7)

23 (0.8)

0.84 [0.36,1.95]

13. Gastrointestinal disease

33 (0.6)

18 (0.6)

1.00 [0.41,2.47]

14. Anaemia

33 (0.6)

15 (0.5)

1.44 [0.59,3.56]

  1. aMissing diagnosis in 1030 patients (women 633, men 397)
  2. bOdds ratio with 99% - confidence interval, subcategories with percentage