Diagnosis | Details | Number of patientsa |
---|---|---|
Respiratory | Pneumonia (33), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (14), acute asthma (3), bronchial carcinoma (3), pneumothorax (3), pharyngeal obstruction (2), toxic pulmonary oedema (2), Wegener's granulomatosis (1) | 61 |
Cardiovascular | Myocardial infarction (12), heart failure (11), pulmonary embolism (2) haemorrhagic shock (1) | 26 |
Abdominal | Gastrointestinal bleeding (7), abdominal infection (6), urinary tract infection (5), acute renal failure (3), hepatic coma (3) | 24 |
Cerebral | Ischaemic stroke (5), subarachnoid (4) or intracerebral (3) haemorrhage, seizures (3), suicidal intoxication with sedatives (5), cavernous sinus thrombosis (1) | 21 |
Others | Leukaemia (7), postoperative (6), diabetic coma (3), other infections (3) | 19 |