Table 2.
Presenting complaints
| Table 2.a. | Most common presenting complaint | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | N (%) | Mortality | ||
| Abdominal complaint | 1265 | 20.1 | 3.1 | |
| Abdominal pain | 768 | 12.2 | 2.5 | |
| Chest pain | 611 | 9.8 | 1.5 | |
| Dyspnoea | 565 | 9.0 | 7.3 | |
| Neurological | 507 | 8.1 | 2.4 | |
| Fever/unspecified infection | 427 | 6.8 | 1.4 | |
| No adequate category | 360 | 5.7 | 5.0 | |
| Extremity swelling/pain | 339 | 5.4 | 0.3 | |
| Cardiac complaints* | 246 | 3.9 | 2.8 | |
| Syncope | 219 | 3.5 | 0.5 | |
| Extremity injury | 206 | 3.3 | 0.0 | |
| Abnormal lab values | 154 | 2.5 | 3.2 | |
| Hip fracture | 151 | 2.4 | 0.1 | |
| Neck/back pain | 147 | 2.3 | 0.7 | |
| Headache | 141 | 2.3 | 0.0 | |
| Table 2.b. | Presenting complaints rated after mortality | |||
| N | N (%) | Mortality | ||
| Dyspnoea, ns | 113 | 1.8 | 11.5 | |
| Altered level of consciousness | 94 | 1.5 | 10.6 | |
| Aphasia | 64 | 1.0 | 7.8 | |
| Vomiting blood | 74 | 1.2 | 6.8 | |
| No relevant category | 360 | 5.7 | 5.0 | |
| Cough | 50 | 0.8 | 4.0 | |
| Abdominal complaints, ns | 108 | 1.7 | 3.7 | |
| Blood in stool/melaena | 137 | 1.8 | 3.6 | |
| Hypertension | 55 | 1.9 | 3.6 | |
| Abnormal lab values | 154 | 1.10 | 3.2 | |
| Diarrhoea | 64 | 1.11 | 3.1 | |
| Neurological symptoms, ns | 101 | 1.12 | 3.0 | |
| Anaemia | 70 | 1.13 | 2.9 | |
| Unilateral extremity weakness | 102 | 1.14 | 2.9 | |
| Vomiting | 72 | 1.15 | 2.8 | |