TABLE 3.

Specialist consultations ordered by medical specialty

Type of consultation	Orthopaedics	Anaesthesiology	P-value
None	40 (21%)	244 (82%)	< 0.001
Internal medicine/family physician	64 (34%)	32 (11%)	< 0.001
Internal medicine physician	14 (7%)	9 (3%)	0.041
Family physician	11 (6%)	6 (2%)	0.045
Cardiologist	19 (10%)	4 (1%)	< 0.001
Pulmonologist	1 (1%)	0 (0%)	0.813
Gynaecologist	50 (27%)	9 (3%)	< 0.001
Dentist	74 (40%)	18 (6%)	< 0.001
Laryngologist	20 (11%)	6 (2%)	< 0.001
Vascular surgeon	6 (3%)	1 (0%)	0.028
Physiotherapist	2 (1%)	3 (1%)	1.000
Dietitian	0 (0%)	1 (0%)	1.000