Symptom, diagnosis and mortality among respiratory emergency medical service patients

PloS One
Tim Alex LindskouErika Frischknecht Christensen

Abstract

Breathing difficulties and respiratory diseases have been under-reported in Emergency Medical Services research, despite these conditions being prevalent with substantial mortality. Our aim was two-fold; 1) to investigate the diagnostic pattern and mortality among EMS patients to whom an ambulance was dispatched due to difficulty breathing, and 2) to investigate the initial symptoms and mortality for EMS patients diagnosed with respiratory diseases in hospital. Population-based historic cohort study in the North Denmark Region 2012-2015. We included two patient groups; 1) patients calling the emergency number with breathing difficulty as main symptom, and 2) patients diagnosed with respiratory diseases in hospital following an emergency call. Main outcome was estimated 1- and 30-day mortality rates. There were 3803 patients with the symptom breathing difficulty, nearly half were diagnosed with respiratory diseases 47.3%, followed by circulatory diseases 13.4%, and symptoms and signs 12.0%. The 1-day mortality rate was highest for circulatory diseases, then respiratory diseases and other factors. Over-all 30-day mortality was 13.2%, and the highest rate was for circulatory diseases (17.7%) then respiratory diseases and other fac...Continue Reading

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Jul 11, 2019·JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports·Michael Dan ArvigAnnmarie Touborg Lassen
Apr 5, 2020·Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine·Tim Alex LindskouErika Frischknecht Christensen
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