Table 2.
Diagnoses and clinical characteristics of emergency general surgical patients (N = 356)
| n | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Emergency surgical conditions diagnosis | ||
| Soft tissue infections | 255 | 71.6 |
| Abscess | 134 | 52.6 |
| Pyomyositis | 45 | 17.7 |
| Unspecified deep tissue infections | 41 | 16.1 |
| Cellulitis | 21 | 8.2 |
| Necrotizing fasciitis | 8 | 3.1 |
| Extremity gangrene | 6 | 2.3 |
| Acute abdominal conditions | 51 | 14.3 |
| Bowel obstruction | 23 | 45.1 |
| Volvulus | 10 | 19.6 |
| Bowel perforation | 6 | 11.8 |
| Unspecified peritonitis | 6 | 11.8 |
| Appendicitis | 5 | 9.8 |
| Cholecystitis | 1 | 1.9 |
| Complicated hernia | 28 | 7.9 |
| Incarcerated | 15 | 53.6 |
| Obstruction/strangulation | 13 | 46.4 |
| Urological emergencies | 19 | 5.3 |
| Acute urinary retention | 13 | 68.4 |
| Testicular torsion | 6 | 31.6 |
| Thoracic emergencies | 3 | 0.9 |
| Pneumothorax | 2 | 66.7 |
| Empyema | 1 | 33.3 |
| Duration of symptoms (n = 274) | ||
| < 3 days | 54 | 19.7 |
| 3–6 days | 48 | 17.5 |
| 7–29 days | 108 | 39.4 |
| ≥ 30 days | 64 | 23.4 |
| Hypotensive at admission(Systolic Blood Pressure < 90 mmHg)(n = 226) | 8 | 3.5 |
| History of prior surgery (n = 141) | 25 | 17.7 |
| Underlying medical illnessa (n = 222) | 52 | 23.4 |
aIncludes: Hypertension, diabetes, cardiac, stroke, kidney disease, HIV, liver disease, hematological disorder, psychiatric diagnosis