Etiology of Emergency Visit and In-Hospital Outcomes of Patients with COPD

Table 2

Non-AECOPD causes for ED presentation and in-hospital outcomes of the 78 COPD patients.

Diagnosis	No. (%) (N  = 78)	Discharged (%)	Died (%)
Acute coronary syndrome and/or heart failure	24 (30.8)	22 (28.2)	2 (2.6)
Pulmonary embolism	13 (16.7)	13 (16.7)	0 (0)
Pneumothorax	10 (12.8)	9 (11.5)	1 (1.3)
Lung cancer	8 (10.3)	8 (10.3)	0 (0)
Pulmonary fungal infection	6 (7.7)	5 (6.4)	1 (1.3)
Tuberculosis/tuberculous pleurisy	5 (6.4)	4 (5.1)	1 (1.3)
Lung abscess	3 (3.8)	3 (3.8)	0 (0)
Haemoptysis cause undetermined	2 (2.6)	0 (0)	2 (2.6)
Septic shock	2 (2.6)	1 (1.3)	1 (1.3)
Organizing pneumonia	2 (2.6)	2 (2.6)	0 (0)
Rheumatoid arthritis-associated lung disease	1 (1.3)	1 (1.3)	0 (0)
Granulomatosis with polyangiitis	1 (1.3)	1 (1.3)	0 (0)
Tracheal stenosis	1 (1.3)	1 (1.3)	0 (0)