Chief complaint* | Included† | In-hospital | 30-day | 1-year | |||||||||
Mortality | Adjusted OR‡ | Mortality | Adjusted OR‡ | Mortality | Adjusted OR‡ | ||||||||
n (%) | % | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | |
All | 15 052 (100) | 1.4 | 1.2 to 1.6 | – | – | 3.0 | 2.7 to 3.3 | – | – | 9.7 | 9.3 to 10.2 | – | – |
Altered level of consciousness | 334 (2.2) | 5.0 | 2.9 to 7.9 | 2.7 | 1.6 to 4.5 | 8.4 | 5.6 to 11.9 | 2.0 | 1.3 to 3.1 | 24.0 | 19.7 to 28.9 | 2.1 | 1.6 to 2.9 |
Dyspnea | 1142 (7.6) | 4.0 | 2.9 to 5.3 | 2.2 | 1.6 to 3.1 | 8.0 | 6.5 to 9.7 | 2.1 | 1.6 to 2.6 | 23.4 | 21.0 to 25.9 | 2.1 | 1.8 to 2.5 |
Gastrointestinal bleeding | 430 (2.9) | 3.5 | 2.0 to 5.6 | 1.9 | 1.1 to 3.3 | 6.7 | 6.6 to 9.5 | 1.7 | 1.1 to 2.6 | 16.3 | 13.1 to 20.1 | 1.3 | 1.0 to 1.7 |
Focal neurological symptoms | 279 (1.9) | 3.9 | 1.9 to 6.8 | 2.1 | 1.1 to 3.9 | 6.5 | 3.9 to 10.0 | 1.6 | 0.9 to 2.6 | 15.4 | 11.7 to 20.2 | 1.2 | 0.8 to 1.7 |
No contact reason | 980 (6.5) | 3.3 | 2.3 to 4.6 | 2.5 | 1.7 to 3.6 | 6.4 | 5.0 to 8.2 | 2.2 | 1.7 to 3.0 | 15.1 | 13.0 to 17.5 | 1.7 | 1.4 to 2.1 |
Nausea, vomiting and diarrhea | 181 (1.2) | 2.7 | 0.9 to 6.2 | 1.7 | 0.7 to 4.1 | 6.1 | 4.6 to 9.5 | 1.8 | 0.9 to 3.4 | 15.5 | 11.0 to 21.6 | 1.4 | 0.9 to 2.2 |
Unwell | 265 (1.8) | 3.0 | 1.3 to 5.7 | 1.8 | 0.9 to 3.7 | 6.0 | 3.5 to 9.6 | 1.7 | 1.0 to 2.9 | 17.0 | 13.0 to 22.1 | 1.6 | 1.1 to 2.7 |
Fever/infection | 670 (4.5) | 0.9 | 0.3 to 1.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 to 1.1 | 3.2 | 2.9 to 4.9 | 0.9 | 0.6 to 1.4 | 9.9 | 7.8 to 12.4 | 0.8 | 0.6 to 1.0 |
Dizziness | 408 (2.7) | 1.9 | 0.8 to 3.8 | 1.0 | 0.5 to 2.0 | 2.9 | 1.5 to 5.1 | 0.6 | 0.4 to 1.2 | 11.3 | 8.6 to 14.8 | 0.7 | 0.6 to 1.1 |
Extremity symptoms without injury | 476 (3.2) | 1.0 | 0.3 to 2.4 | 0.7 | 0.3 to 1.8 | 2.7 | 1.5 to 4.6 | 0.9 | 0.5 to 1.6 | 9.2 | 7.0 to 12.2 | 0.9 | 0.7 to 1.3 |
Abdominal symptoms | 1501 (10.0) | 1.1 | 0.6 to 1.8 | 1.3 | 0.8 to 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.5 to 3.0 | 1.2 | 0.8 to 1.8 | 5.8 | 4.7 to 7.1 | 0.9 | 0.7 to 1.2 |
Extremity injury | 1771 (11.8) | 0.6 | 0.3 to 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 to 0.5 | 2.1 | 1.5 to 2.9 | 0.4 | 0.3 to 0.6 | 9.7 | 8.4 to 11.1 | 0.7 | 0.6 to 0.8 |
Skin and mucosal symptoms | 171 (1.1) | 0.6 | 0.0 to 3.1 | 0.6 | 0.1 to 4.5 | 1.8 | 0.4 to 5.0 | 0.9 | 0.3 to 3.0 | 5.3 | 2.8 to 9.9 | 0.8 | 0.4 to 1.6 |
Seizure, generalized | 306 (2.0) | 0.0 | – | – | – | 1.3 | 0.4 to 3.3 | 0.8 | 0.3 to 2.2 | 7.8 | 5.3 to 11.5 | 1.5 | 1.0 to 2.4 |
Head and face symptoms | 1158 (7.7) | 0.3 | 0.1 to 0.09 | 0.2 | 0.1 to 0.7 | 1.1 | 0.6 to 1.9 | 0.4 | 0.2 to 0.6 | 5.0 | 3.9 to 6.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 to 0.6 |
Nose symptoms | 185 (1.2) | 0.5 | 0.0 to 2.9 | 0.3 | 0.0 to 2.0 | 1.1 | 0.1 to 3.9 | 0.2 | 0.1 to 1.0 | 7.6 | 4.6 to 12.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 to 0.9 |
Fainting/syncope | 415 (2.8) | 0.7 | 0.1 to 2.1 | 0.5 | 0.2 to 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.3 to 2.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 to 0.8 | 6.5 | 4.5 to 9.3 | 0.6 | 0.4 to 0.9 |
Headache | 403 (2.7) | 0.5 | 0.1 to 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.1 to 2.5 | 1.0 | 0.3 to 2.5 | 0.6 | 0.2 to 1.6 | 2.0 | 1.0 to 3.9 | 0.3 | 0.1 to 0.6 |
Back and neck pain | 818 (5.4) | 0.6 | 0.2 to 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.3 to 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.3 to 1.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 to 0.9 | 4.9 | 3.6 to 6.6 | 0.7 | 0.5 to 1.0 |
Intoxication | 525 (3.5) | 0.2 | 0.0 to 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.1 to 3.3 | 0.6 | 0.1 to 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.2 to 2.3 | 3.2 | 2.0 to 5.2 | 1.2 | 0.7 to 1.9 |
Thorax injury | 193 (1.3) | 0.5 | 0.0 to 2.8 | 0.5 | 0.1 to 3.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 to 2.9 | 0.2 | 0.0 to 1.8 | 3.1 | 1.4 to 6.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 to 0.9 |
Allergic symptoms | 217 (1.4) | 0.4 | 0.0 to 2.4 | 0.8 | 0.1 to 5.9 | 0.5 | 0.0 to 2.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 to 3.0 | 1.4 | 0.5 to 4.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 to 1.0 |
Chest pain | 857 (5.7) | 0.1 | 0.0 to 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 to 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.1 to 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 to 0.4 | 4.2 | 3.1 to 5.8 | 0.5 | 0.3 to 0.6 |
The rest | 1367 (9.1) | 0.8 | 0.4 to 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.3 to 1.1 | 2.9 | 2.0 to 3.9 | 1.1 | 0.8 to 1.5 | 9.2 | 7.7 to 10.9 | 1.1 | 0.9 to 1.3 |
The OR for each chief complaint is calculated using the remaining study population as reference.
For table showing crude OR, see online supplemental file 1.
*Only chief complaints with more than 150 index contacts are shown. The remaining chief complaints are grouped as “the rest.”
†All domestic index contacts included in this analysis (n=15 052). 317 foreigners excluded.
‡Adjusted for age and gender.
n, number of entries.