Research Article
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) |
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