Characteristics of Elderly Long-Term Care Residents Who Were Injured and Transferred to Hospital Emergency Departments in Korea: A Retrospective Multicenter Study

Table 3

Detailed histories of patients who transferred from long-term care hospital because of other nontraumatic problems.

Category	Diagnosis	N (%)
Medical device related (n = 17)
Foley catheter	Foley catheter occlusion	4 (23.5)
	Foley self-removal	1 (5.9)
PTBD and PTGBD	PTBD and PTGBD removal	4 (23.5)
Perm catheter and AVF	Perm catheter removal	2 (11.8)
	AVF occlusion	2 (11.8)
PEG tube	PEG tube malfunction	2 (11.8)
C-line	For C-line insertion	1 (5.9)
Tracheal tube	Tracheal tube removal	1 (5.9)
Foreign body (n = 5)	F.B. in gastrointestinal tract	2 (40.0)
	F.B. in upper airway	3 (60.0)
Others (n = 3)	Tongue laceration	1 (33.3)
	Hip dislocation	1 (33.3)
	Asphyxia	1 (33.3)

PTBD: percutaneous transhepatic bile drainage, PTGBD: percutaneous transhepatic gallbladder drainage, AVF: arteriovenous fistula, PEG: percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy.