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. 2017 Jul 27;12(7):e0181808. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0181808

Table 1. Reasons for ICU requests among initially not admitted patients.

N (%)
Clinical respiratory event 92 (45.3)
    Hypoxemia 66
    Dyspnea 40
    Acute respiratory failure 19
    Bad tolerated pleural effusion 5
    Acute asthma 1
Clinical hemodynamic event 83 (40.9)
    Hypotension 35
    Severe sepsis 26
    Cardiac arrythmia or conducion disorders 23
    Urine output < 0.5 ml.kg-1.h 11
    Bleeding 6
    Cardiac arrest 5
    Shock statement 4
Clinical neurological event 31 (15.3)
    Coma 4
    Confusion 15
    Convulsions 7
    Other neurological disorder 5
Alteration of renal function or metabolic abnormality 23 (11.3)
    Acute kidney injury (AKIN classification) 17
    Ionic trouble 7
Warning 22 (10.8)
Unspecified reason 11 (5.4)
Simple medical advice 8 (3.9)