n | 399 |
Median age, years (IQR) | 49 (36–68) |
Gender (male) | 201 (50%) |
CTAS | |
Non-urgent | 10 (3%) |
Less urgent | 51 (13%) |
Urgent | 249 (63%) |
Emergent | 81 (20%) |
Resuscitation | 7 (2%) |
ED care area* | |
Cubicles | 108 (27%) |
Observation | 147 (37%) |
Resuscitation | 144 (36%) |
Median ED length of stay (hours:minutes) (IQR) | 4:10 (2:51–6:10) |
Acute diagnosis (top five) | |
Chest pain | 74 (19%) |
Bone and joint disorders† | 55 (14%) |
Genitorurinary (infection/stones/other) | 28 (7%) |
Atrial fibrillation | 18 (4%) |
Abdominal pain (cause unspecified) | 17 (4%) |
Number of chronic illnesses | |
0 | 151 (38%) |
1 | 129 (32%) |
2 | 73 (8%) |
3 | 33 (2%) |
⩾4 | 13 (3%) |
Chronic diagnoses (top five) | |
Hypertension | 70 (16%) |
Coronary artery disease | 65 (14%) |
COPD/asthma | 52 (12%) |
Diabetes mellitus | 38 (8%) |
Atrial fibrillation | 22 (5%) |