Table 1

Systemic distribution of clinical problems in medicine and allied specialties

Diagnosis according to system	Patients seen	Patients admitted	Patients discharged
Cardiovascular	Ischaemic chest pain	570	570	None
	Atypical chest pain	290	60	230
	Heart failure	90	87	3
	Arrhythmia	60	10	50
	Hypertension	40	10	30
	Cardiac arrest	88	10	none
Respiratory	Acute asthma	180	40	140
	COPD	135	55	80
	Pleuritic pain	90	60	30
Neurological	Motor weakness	355	180	175
	Seizures	63	26	37
	Vertigo, dizziness, syncope	105	12	93
	Headache	180	20	160
Gastrointestinal and hepatic	Acid peptic disease	300	10	290
	Upper GI bleed	75	75	None
	Gastroenteritis	384	24	360
	Hepatitis	30	2	28
	Hepatic encephalopathy	62	48	14
Diabetes	Hypoglycaemia	62	60	None
	Ketoacidosis	12	12	None
	Hyperosmolar nonketotic coma	28	28	None
Infections	Acute febrile illness	520	44	476
Infections	Gross sepsis (multi-organ failure)	40	40	40
Electrolyte imbalance	Hyponatraemia	138	106	32
	Hypernatraemia	10	10	10
	Hypokalaemia	60	30	30
	Hyperkalaemia	32	28	4
Metabolic	Uraemia	24	20	4
Metabolic	Hypercalcaemia	4	4	None
Haematology/oncology	270	190	80
Drug overdose	180	8	172
Psychiatry	180	10	170
Miscellaneous	Anaphylaxis, stings, urticaria	65	10	55
Miscellaneous	Arthralgias	30	None	30