Table 1. Emergency Department (ED) Discharge Diagnoses (N = 1,851).
| ED Discharge Diagnosis Group,* n (% of total) | n (% of Group) |
|---|---|
| Injury or MSK, 582 (31.4) | |
| Fracture (any site) | 120 (20.6) |
| Open wound (any site) | 113 (19.4) |
| Contusion or abrasion (any site) | 111 (19.1) |
| Other back pain or sprain | 67 (11.5) |
| Other extremity pain or sprain | 62 (10.7) |
| Non-MSK symptom, 410 (22.2) | |
| Chest pain | 78 (19.0) |
| Abdominal pain | 59 (14.4) |
| Dizziness | 35 (8.5) |
| Epistaxis | 32 (7.8) |
| Syncope | 31 (7.6) |
| Chronic condition, 387 (20.9) | |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or asthma | 53 (13.7) |
| Congestive heart failure | 32 (8.3) |
| Hypertension | 31 (8.0) |
| Diabetes mellitus or hypoglycemia | 30 (7.8) |
| Cardiac dysrhythmia | 28 (7.2) |
| Infection, 142 (7.8) | |
| Urinary tract infection | 50 (35.2) |
| Bronchitis | 39 (27.5) |
| Pneumonia | 19 (13.4) |
| Cellulitis | 17 (12.0) |
| Ear, nose, and throat infection | 11 (7.7) |
| Unclassified, 330 (17.8) | |
| Fluid or electrolyte disorder | 21 (6.7) |
| Noninfectious gastroenteritis | 17 (5.2) |
| Constipation | 17 (5.2) |
| Gastrointestinal foreign body | 14 (4.2) |
| Herpes zoster | 11 (3.3) |
*
Data shown for five most common diagnoses in each group.
MSK = musculoskeletal.