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Table 5 Emergency department visit characteristics

From: Characterization of emergency department visits in pediatric patients within first year of liver transplantation: ten years experience in tertiary care center

Emergency department (ED) visit characteristics

N = 1297 (%)

Reason for ED Visit

 

 Gastrointestinal Symptoms

415 (32%)

 Pulmonary Symptoms

285 (22%)

 Infectious Symptoms

207 (16%)

 Laboratory Abnormalities

116 (9%)

 Renal Symptoms

52 (4%)

 Musculoskeletal Symptoms

41 (3%)

 Neurological Symptoms

38 (3%)

 Cardiac Symptoms

10 (1%)

 Other

133 (10%)

Admitted to Hospital

558 (43%)

Length of Stay

4 ± 10.7 days

Inpatient Diagnosis

 

 Respiratory Tract Infection

151 (27%)

 Gastroenteritis

118 (21%)

 Sepsis

67 (12%)

 Clostridium Difficile Infection

23 (4%)

 Urinary Tract Infection

17 (3%)

 Covid-19 Infection

16 (3%)

 CMV Infection

15 (3%)

 Other

151 (27%)

  1. CMV, cytomegalovirus