Research Article
Demographic Analysis of Emergency Department Patients at the Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai
Table 3
Frequencies of specialist referral for the five most common complaints.
| | Specialist | Stomach/abd. pain | Fever | Vertigo/dizziness | Chest pain | Skin | | | | | |
| | Neurosurgeon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | Neurologist | 0 | 3 | 179 | 0 | 0 | | Pulmonologist | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | General surgeon | 94 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | Urologist | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Obstetrist/gynecologist | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Internist | 148 | 196 | 18 | 138 | 0 | | Dermatologist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 | | Unknown | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
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Data are shown only for patients reporting to the ED with one complaint.
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