Table 3 The 20 most common chief complaints as reported by the patients upon presentation to a ED, categorized in accordance with the triage system (RETTS)
From: Pathways to the emergency department - a national, cross-sectional study in Sweden
Average | Range | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Chief Complaints | N | Percent | Highest | Lowest |
Percent | Percent | |||
Abdominal pain/Flank pain | 524 | 14% | 26% | 0% |
Chestpain/Rib cage pain | 369 | 10% | 23% | 4% |
Respiratory disorder/Dyspnea/Respiratory distress | 278 | 7% | 15% | 0% |
Injury hand/Arm | 212 | 5% | 22% | 0% |
Extremity pain | 144 | 4% | 11% | 0% |
Injury/Trauma/Head | 129 | 3% | 9% | 0% |
Vertigo | 115 | 3% | 12% | 0% |
Non-specifik illness | 110 | 3% | 18% | 0% |
Injury Foot | 106 | 3% | 9% | 0% |
Neurological loss/TIA | 97 | 3% | 18% | 0% |
Non-specifik infection | 96 | 2% | 10% | 0% |
Fever | 86 | 2% | 7% | 0% |
Headache | 84 | 2% | 7% | 0% |
Abnormal heart rate | 82 | 2% | 9% | 0% |
Back pain | 77 | 2% | 8% | 0% |
Injury knee/Lower leg | 73 | 2% | 10% | 0% |
Injury hip/Femur | 65 | 2% | 9% | 0% |
Urinary complications | 52 | 1% | 7% | 0% |
Non-specifik extremity complications | 48 | 1% | 18% | 0% |
Sickness/Fatigue | 48 | 1% | 27% | 0% |
Other/Missing | 1080 | 28% | ||
Total | 3875 | 100% | ||