Table 4 Disposal by diagnostic category
From: Emergency medicine in Paarl, South Africa: a cross-sectional descriptive study
Diagnostic category | n (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Observed | Admitted | Transferred | LWBS | LAMA | |
Trauma related | 91 (12.9 ) | 59 (8.4 ) | 21 (3.0 ) | 57 (8.1 %) | 24 (3.4) |
Respiratory tract | 90 (31.3 ) | 63 (21.9 ) | 1 (0.3 ) | 2 (0.7 %) | 4 (1.4) |
Gastrointestinal tract | 111 (37.2 ) | 58 (19.5 ) | 4 (1.3 ) | 3 (1.0 %) | 6 (2.0) |
Genital/urethral tract | 33 (32.0 ) | 31 (30.1 ) | 0 | 0 | 4 (3.9) |
Nervous system | 64 (59.8 ) | 28 (26.2 ) | 7 (6.5 ) | 1 (0.9 %) | 2 (1.9) |
Skin | 24 (25.3 ) | 34 (35.8 ) | 2 (2.1 ) | 4 (4.2 %) | 2 (2.1) |
Ear nose throat | 7 (7.5 ) | 2 (2.2 ) | 0 | 1 (1.1 %) | 2 (2.2) |
Cardiovascular | 52 (65.8 ) | 23 (29.1 ) | 2 (2.5 ) | 2 (2.5 %) | 1 (1.3) |
Systemic/metabolic | 36 (59.0 ) | 18 (29.5 ) | 1 (1.6 ) | 2 (3.3 %) | 1 (1.6) |
Musculoskeletal | 8 (11.8 ) | 3 (4.4 ) | 2 (2.9 ) | 2 (2.9 %) | 1 (1.5) |
Intoxication | 22 (46.8 ) | 11 (23.4 ) | 0 | 1 (2.1 %) | 0 |
Psychiatric | 10 (47.6 ) | 8 (38.1 ) | 1 (4.8 ) | 1 (4.8 %) | 1 (4.8) |
Ophthalmic | 1 (6.7 ) | 0 | 3 (20.0 ) | 0 | 0 |
Unknown | 16 (10.3 ) | 15 (9.7 ) | 3 (1.9 ) | 70 (45.2 %) | 6 (3.9) |