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. 2008 May 22;12(3):R71. doi: 10.1186/cc6909

Table 2.

Patient diagnoses at the time of transfer

Cardiology and cardiac surgery 45 (24)
 Acute coronary syndrome without shock 9 (20)
 Cardiogenic shock 20 (45)
 Thoracic/abdominal aortic aneurysm 4 (9)
 Post-cardiac arrest 8 (18)
 Other 4 (9)
Neurological 70 (37)
 Cerebral vascular accident 15 (21)
 Intracerebral hemorrhage 54 (77)
 Meningitis 1 (1)
Pulmonary 40 (21)
 Asthma/Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 4 (10)
 Hemopytsis 3 (8)
 Respiratory failure 29 (72)
 Other 4 (10)
Surgical 10 (5)
 Traumatic injury 8 (80)
 Necrotizing fasciitis 2 (20)
Drug overdose/Poisoning 9 (5)
Gastrointestinal 9 (5)
 Bleeding 4 (44)
 Liver failure 5 (55)
Oncology 6 (3)

Values are presented as number (percentage)