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Table 2 Principal diagnosis of in-hospital patients according to the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems-Codes

From: Prevalence of pathological arrhythmia in patients triaged to “cardiac arrhythmia” in the emergency department: a preliminary study

 

Patients with SR

Patients with pathological heart rhythm

 

n (total)

120

125

Cardiac diseases, n=yes (%)

 Cardiac arrhythmia

35 (29.2)

87 (69.6)

p< .001

<0,0001

 Coronary artery disease

23 (19.2)

5 (4.0)

p=.002

 Heart failure

8 (6.7)

6 (4.8)

p=.59

 Diseases of heart valves and pericardium

6 (5.0)

1 (0.8)

p=.06

 Hypertension

5 (4.2)

1 (0.8)

p=.11

 Chest pain

5 (4.2)

0 (0)

p=.03

 Complication of an implantable device

2 (1.7)

3 (2.4)

p>.99

 Cardiogenic shock

2 (1.7)

0 (0)

p=.24

Infectious diseases

 Pneumonia

5 (4.2)

2 (1.6)

p=.27

 Sepsis

2 (1.7)

2 (1.6)

p>.99

Endocrinologic disease

3 (2.5)

1 (0.8)

p=.36

Gastroenterological disease

2 (1.7)

3 (2.4)

p>.99

Haemato-oncologic diseases

 Tumor

1 (0.8)

1 (0.8)

p>.99

 Anemia

0 (0)

2 (1.6)

p=.50

Vertigo/syncope

5 (4.2)

1 (0.8)

p=.11

Lung embolism

2 (1.7)

0 (0)

p=.24

Others

12 (10.0)

10 (8.0)

p=.66

No information

2 (1.7)

0 (0)

p=.240

  1. ICD diagnosis of in-hospital patients is shown and correlated to the initial electrocardiogram at admission. Data are shown as numbers and percentages; significance levels are indicated. SR sinus rhythm, ICD code International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems codes