Research Article
Demographic Analysis of Emergency Department Patients at the Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai
Table 2
Frequencies of complaints for the six most commonly consulted disciplines.
| Complaint | Internist | Neurologist | Pulmonologist | General surgeon | Orthopedic surgeon | Dermatologist | | | | | | |
| Headache | 60 | 93 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Vertigo/dizziness | 25 | 206 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ear ache or ear infection | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Throat symptoms | 35 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Chest pain | 149 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shortness of breath | 14 | 1 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Cough | 21 | 0 | 197 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Stomach and abdominal pain | 179 | 0 | 1 | 108 | 1 | 0 | Urologic | 52 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Gynecologic symptoms | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Spine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 0 | Upper extremity | 1 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 29 | 3 | Lower extremity | 3 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 110 | 0 | Skin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 95 | DM related | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Fever | 293 | 6 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 2 | Trauma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 86 | 0 | Blood transfusion | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Intoxication | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Other | 100 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 4 | Unknown | 46 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 4 |
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Data are shown for the entire study population.
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