Table 3.

Top 10 most common non-dermatological reasons for admission for patients with both dermatological and non-dermatological reasons recorded

Reason	Associated non-dermatological reason for admission	n (%)
1	Septic shock/septicaemia	573 (23.8)
2	Acute renal failure	168 (7.0)
3	Pneumonia	95 (4.0)
4	Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)	36 (1.5)
5	Non-cardiogenic pulmonary oedema	31 (1.3)
6	Diabetes mellitus	27 (1.1)
7	Supra-ventricular tachycardia, atrial fibrillation or flutter	26 (1.1)
8(=)	Hypovolaemic shock	25 (1.1)
8(=)	Morbid obesity	25 (1.1)
10	Chronic renal failure	22 (0.9)