Table 2.
Ten most commonly diagnosed infectious diseases in elderly ED patients and in-hospital diagnosis (n = 463 patients)
| Diagnosis | Total | Age (years) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 65–74 | 75–84 | > 85 | ||||||
| N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| ED diagnosis | ||||||||
| 1. Pneumonia | 151 | (32.6) | 48 | (10.4) | 69 | (14.9) | 34 | (7.3) |
| 2. Pyelonephritis | 107 | (23.1) | 38 | (8.2) | 45 | (9.7) | 24 | (5.2) |
| 3. Intestinal infection | 53 | (11.4) | 29 | (6.3) | 16 | (3.5) | 8 | (1.7) |
| 4. Skin and soft tissue infection | 41 | (8.9) | 13 | (2.8) | 14 | (3.0) | 14 | (3.0) |
| 5. Other lower respiratory tract infection | 38 | (8.2) | 9 | (1.9) | 18 | (3.9) | 11 | (2.4) |
| 6. Sepsis | 19 | (4.1) | 10 | (2.2) | 8 | (1.7) | 1 | (0.2) |
| 7. Cholecystitis | 9 | (1.9) | 4 | (0.9) | 4 | (0.9) | 1 | (0.2) |
| 8. Lower urinary tract infection | 9 | (1.9) | 3 | (0.6) | 3 | (0.6) | 3 | (0.6) |
| 9. Complication from medicine or surgery | 6 | (1.3) | 2 | (0.4) | 3 | (0.6) | 1 | (0.2) |
| 10. Pulmonary tuberculosis | 5 | (1.1) | 1 | (0.2) | 3 | (0.6) | 1 | (0.2) |
| Hospital admission diagnosis | ||||||||
| 1. Pneumonia | 103 | (36.0) | 24 | (8.4) | 49 | (17.1) | 30 | (10.5) |
| 2. Pyelonephritis | 67 | (23.4) | 21 | (7.3) | 30 | (10.5) | 16 | (5.6) |
| 3. Intestinal infection | 29 | (10.1) | 14 | (4.9) | 9 | (3.1) | 6 | (2.1) |
| 4. Other lower respiratory tract infection | 22 | (7.7) | 4 | (1.4) | 11 | (3.8) | 7 | (2.4) |
| 5. Skin and soft tissue infection | 19 | (6.6) | 8 | (2.8) | 7 | (2.4) | 4 | (1.4) |
| 6. Sepsis | 14 | (4.9) | 7 | (2.4) | 6 | (2.1) | 1 | (0.3) |
| 7. Cholecystitis | 8 | (2.8) | 3 | (1.0) | 4 | (1.4) | 1 | (0.3) |
| 8. Complication from medicine or surgery | 5 | (1.7) | 0 | (0.0) | 4 | (1.4) | 1 | (0.3) |
| 9. Pulmonary tuberculosis | 3 | (1.0) | 1 | (0.3) | 1 | (0.3) | 1 | (0.3) |
| 10. Appendicitis | 3 | (1.0) | 2 | (0.7) | 0 | (0.0) | 1 | (0.3) |