Emergency admissions to day assessment unit 1995–6 (for elective admissions see text)
Emergency admissions to day assessment unit | No of transfers from day assessment unit to inpatient ward | |
---|---|---|
Miscellaneous | 489 | 339 |
Pyrexia/‘viral illness’ | 160 | 81 |
Upper respiratory infection | 28 | 15 |
Bronchiolitis | 60 | 41 |
Chest infection | 95 | 72 |
Asthma | 122 | 91 |
Croup | 32 | 27 |
Gastroenteritis | 130 | 92 |
Ingestion | 69 | 10 |
Abdominal pain | 116 | 91 |
Head injury | 92 | 37 |
Rash ? cause | 45 | 7 |
? Meningitis/meningitis | 19 | 11 |
Epilepsy | 48 | 26 |
Febrile convulsion | 85 | 54 |
Allergic reaction | 8 | — |
Non-accidental injury | 22 | 2 |
Trauma/orthopaedic | 111 | 77 |
Total | 1731 | 1073 |