Table 3 Most common diagnoses
From: Emergency medicine in Paarl, South Africa: a cross-sectional descriptive study
Diagnosis | % | Mean age (years) | % Age <12 years |
|---|---|---|---|
Trauma | |||
Laceration head | 20.3 | 31 | 10.7 |
Soft tissue head | 9.0 | 23 | 29.7 |
Laceration hand | 5.3 | 28 | 9.2 |
Laceration arm | 5.0 | 29 | 9.8 |
Laceration back | 4.2 | 32 | 2.9 |
Respiratory tract | |||
Pneumonia | 29.8 | 24 | 48.6 |
URTI | 23.1 | 8 | 86.0 |
PTB | 14.8 | 44 | 5.5 |
Bronchospasm | 8.6 | 41 | 28.1 |
Asthma | 8.1 | 36 | 30.0 |
Gastrointestinal tract | |||
Gastroenteritis | 44.2 | 18 | 63.0 |
Gastritis | 9.1 | 31 | 10.0 |
Constipation | 8.5 | 37 | 17.9 |
Abdominal pain | 6.1 | 36 | 5.0 |
Dysentery | 3.9 | 20 | 61.5 |
Genitourinary tract | |||
Urinary tract infection | 25.6 | 42 | 0 |
Miscarriage | 12.0 | 24 | 0 |
Pyelonephritis | 9.6 | 35 | 8.3 |
Renal failure | 7.2 | 59 | 0 |
Pregnancy | 5.6 | 26 | 0 |
Nervous system | |||
CVA | 25.9 | 58 | 0 |
Epilepsy | 22.4 | 41 | 7.7 |
Convulsions | 19.8 | 40 | 17.4 |
Headache | 14.7 | 35 | 5.9 |
Meningitis | 8.6 | 24 | 40.0 |