Table 1 Patient characteristics
Patient characteristics | N (%) |
|---|---|
Total patients | 84 |
Male | 56 (66.7) |
Female | 28 (33.3) |
Age (years) | |
Age range | 20–81 |
Admitted from | |
Ed | 59 (70.3) |
Cath lab | 1 (1.2) |
CCU | 1 (1.2) |
Operating room | 14 (16.7) |
Transfer | 3 (3.6) |
Ward | 6 (7.1) |
Reason for admission | |
Poisoning (accidental/deliberate) | 41 (49.2) |
Alcohol-related | 2 (2.4) |
Angioedema | 2 (2.4) |
Asthma | 2 (2.4) |
Pneumonia | 2 (2.4) |
Cardiogenic shock | 1 (1.2) |
Sepsis | 2 (2.4) |
COVID pneumonitis | 2 (2.4) |
Pulmonary embolism | 1(1.2) |
Emergency dialysis | 1(1.2) |
Hanging | 1(1.2) |
Head and neck/maxfax | 4 (4.8) |
Malignant hypertension | 1(1.2) |
Diabetic ketoacidosis | 3(3.6) |
Status epilepticus | 2 (2.4) |
Post-surgery (general/vascular) | 5(6) |
Post-cardiothoracic surgery | 1 (1.2) |
Rupture ul artery | 1 (1.2) |
Sickle cell crisis | 1 (1.2) |
SOL metastasis | 1 (1.2) |
Status epilepticus | 4 (4.8) |
Type 2 respiratory failure | 1 (1.2) |
UGIB hypovolemic shock | 2 (2.4) |
Out of hospital cardiac arrest | 1 (1.2) |
Length of stay (days) | |
Range | 0–42 |
Readmission rate | 5 (6) |
Supports (days) | |
Vasopressors/ionotropes | |
Mean | 1.72 |
Respiratory | |
Mean | 1.72 |
Dialysis | |
Mean | 0.08 |