Spectrum, Pattern, and Clinical Outcomes of Adult Emergency Department Admissions in Selected Hospitals of Western Ethiopia: A Hospital-Based Prospective Study

Table 4

Identified medical emergencies as leading causes of emergency room admission, Nekemte, Ethiopia, 2017.

Forms of medical emergencies	Frequency	Percent
Cardiovascular (N = 257)
Acute chest pain syndromes	12	4.63
Hypertensive disorders	71	27.62
Heart failure	29	11.22
Shock	140	54.41
Cardiac arrest	5	1.90
Neurology (N = 172)
Meningitis	5	2.90
Stroke	25	14.50
Seizure disorder	14	8.11
Headache	11	6.31
Unconsciousness (coma)	117	68.00
Respiratory (N = 192)
Respiratory distress	105	54.60
Foreign body obstruction	3	1.55
Asthma	54	28.11
COPD	5	2.63
Severe pneumonia	15	7.86
Bronchitis	7	3.61
Complicated TB	3	1.54
Endocrine (N = 96)
Diabetes mellitus	34	35.43
DM complications	62	64.50