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Table 2 The ten most common reasons for ICU admission directly from the emergency department (%), related to sex

From: Emergency department admissions to the intensive care unit – a national retrospective study

 

overall

male

female

p

 

(n = 109,111)

(n = 62,730)

(n = 46,381)

 

intoxication

19.1

16.7

22.4

< 0.01

trauma

14.7

18.1

10.0

< 0.01

neurology

12.6

12.2

13.0

< 0.01

infection

12.2

12.3

12.0

0.25

respiratory

8.5

7.5

9.8

< 0.01

cardiology

8.4

9.1

7.4

< 0.01

endocrinology

8.0

7.0

9.2

< 0.01

gastrointestinal

5.5

5.7

5.1

< 0.01

circulatory

2.9

3.1

2.6

< 0.01

consciousness

2.8

2.8

2.9

0.65