Table 6 Comparison of chief complaints and major diseases of elderly patients: not re-transferred patients and short-term re-transferred patients
From: Elderly patients re-transferred from long-term care hospitals to emergency departments within 48 h
Rank | Not re-transferred patients | Short-term re-transferred patients | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Case (%) | Case (%) | |||
Chief Complaints(Top 10) | ||||
1 | Dyspnea | 7,326 (19.5%) | Dyspnea | 127 (18.7%) |
2 | Fever | 6,539 (17.4%) | Fever | 64 (9.4%) |
3 | Abdominal pain | 1,678 (4.5%) | General weakness | 44 (6.5%) |
4 | General weakness | 1,478 (3.9%) | Abdominal pain | 39 (5.7%) |
5 | Decreased mentality | 1,052 (2.8%) | Mental status changes | 27 (4.0%) |
6 | Hematochezia | 1,008 (2.7%) | Altered mentality | 18 (2.7%) |
7 | Hypotension | 900 (2.4%) | Hematochezia | 14 (2.1%) |
8 | Melena | 803 (2.1%) | Hypotension | 13 (1.9%) |
9 | Coxalgia | 658 (1.8%) | Hematuria | 11 (1.6%) |
10 | Bloody vomiting | 564 (1.5%) | Back pain | 11 (1.6%) |
Major Diseases(Top 10) | ||||
1 | J09-J18 | 5,838 (15.6%) | C15-C26 | 70 (10.3%) |
2 | N30-N39 | 2,481 (6.6%) | J09-J18 | 53 (7.8%) |
3 | R50-R69 | 2,319 (6.2%) | I60-I69 | 45 (6.6%) |
4 | K90-K93 | 2,214 (5.9%) | R50-R69 | 39 (5.7%) |
5 | I60-I69 | 1,822 (4.9%) | C30-C39 | 35 (5.2%) |
6 | N17-N19 | 1,501 (4.0%) | R00-R09 | 30 (4.4%) |
7 | R00-R09 | 1,378 (3.7%) | N30-N39 | 23 (3.4%) |
8 | I30-I52 | 1,240 (3.3%) | K90-K93 | 23 (3.4%) |
9 | J60-J70 | 1,222 (3.3%) | I30-I52 | 23 (3.4%) |
10 | K80-K87 | 1,166 (3.1%) | N17-N19 | 21 (3.1%) |