Lipothymia and Syncope—Aetiology and Outcome in a Prehospital Setting: A Retrospective Study

Table 2

Complete distribution of the 250 specific diagnoses according to ICD-10 classification.

Diagnoses	Total	Total within diagnosis group (percentage)
Central Nervous System (CNS)		66 (26%)
Convulsions, epilepsy, and tremor	26
Stroke	10
Nervous condition and unspecified anxiety	7
Others^a	13
Cardiology
Observation for myocardial infarct and vascular disease	17	43 (17%)
Myocardial infarct and unstable angina	7
Atrial fibrillation	5
Others^c	19
Musculoskeletal
Fall patients	9	27 (11%)
Joint and muscle pain and arthritis	6
Fractures	5
Others^b	8
Mixture of unspecific diagnoses
Hyperventilation, fatigue, and indisposition	19	27 (11%)
Superficial lesions and small wounds	4
Observation on suspicion of unspecific illness	4
Gastrointestinal
Haematemesis and ulcer	10	25 (10%)
Infection and diarrhoea	8
Tumour and haemorrhage from rectum	3
Others^d	4
Dehydration, electrolyte derangement, and anaemia
Dehydration	11
Anaemia	8	22 (9%)
Hyponatraemia	2
Hyperkalaemia	1
Pulmonary
Pneumonia	6
Respiratory insufficiency	3	13 (5%)
Others^e	4
Urology and gynaecology
Cystitis	5	13 (5%)
Menorrhagia and pregnancy complications	5
Nephropathia and renal insufficiency	2
Nephrolithiasis	2
Other^f	14	14 (6%)

^aCNS others include: tumour, confusion, dementia, vertebrobasilar insufficiency, cephalgia, somnolence, narcolepsy, vestibular neuritis, and concussion.
^bMusculoskeletal others include: distortions and rehabilitation organisation.
^cCardiology others include: chronic ischaemic cardiac disease, observation for arrhythmia, cardiac insufficiency, cord disorder, valve stenosis and insufficiency, ventricular and supraventricular tachycardia, aorta dissection and hypotension.
^dGastrointestinal others include: cirrhosis, nausea and vomiting and dyspepsia.
^ePulmonary others include: bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, tumour and suspicion of tumour.
^fOther include: Intoxications, endocrinology, and unspecific infections.