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Table 2 Patient diagnoses at the time of transfer

From: Adverse events during rotary-wing transport of mechanically ventilated patients: a retrospective cohort study

Cardiology and cardiac surgery

 

45 (24)

   Acute coronary syndrome without shock

9 (20)

 

   Cardiogenic shock

20 (45)

 

   Thoracic/abdominal aortic aneurysm

4 (9)

 

   Post-cardiac arrest

8 (18)

 

   Other

4 (9)

 

Neurological

 

70 (37)

   Cerebral vascular accident

15 (21)

 

   Intracerebral hemorrhage

54 (77)

 

   Meningitis

1 (1)

 

Pulmonary

 

40 (21)

   Asthma/Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

4 (10)

 

   Hemopytsis

3 (8)

 

   Respiratory failure

29 (72)

 

   Other

4 (10)

 

Surgical

 

10 (5)

   Traumatic injury

8 (80)

 

   Necrotizing fasciitis

2 (20)

 

Drug overdose/Poisoning

 

9 (5)

Gastrointestinal

 

9 (5)

   Bleeding

4 (44)

 

   Liver failure

5 (55)

 

Oncology

 

6 (3)

  1. Values are presented as number (percentage)