Table 3 Emergency department diagnoses spectrum in studies concerning resuscitation room management of patients suffer from non-traumatic critical illness. Comparison between the current OBSERvE-DUS study and three studies from other German sides

Neurological emergencies

182 (29.3)

119 (22.4)

115 (25.2)

38 (19.7)

^a0.0079, ^b0.1367, ^c0.0088

stroke

109 (17.6)

33 (6.2)

21 (4.6)

6 (3.1)

^a<0.0001, ^b<0.0001, ^c<0.0001

convulsive seizure

37 (6.0)

35 (6.6)

35 (7.7)

10 (5.2)

^a0.6755, ^b0.2708, ^c0.6784

intracerebral haemorrhage

33 (5.3)

39 (7.3)

44 (9.6)

22 (11.4)

^a0.1613, ^b0.0067, ^c0.0032

meningitis

2 (0.3)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

^a0.2063, ^b0.2415, ^c0.4465

idiopathic Parkinson’s syndrom

1 (0.2)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

^a0.3023, ^b0.3390, ^c0.5143

vigilance disorder

0 (0.0)

12 (2.3)

15 (3.3)

0 (0.0)

^a0.0001, ^b<0.0001, ^c=1.000

Pulmonary emergencies

121 (19.5)

115 (21.6)

111 (24.3)

54 (28.0)

^a0.3785, ^b0.0583, ^c0.0121

pneumonia

119 (19.2)

99 (18.6)

103 (22.5)

52 (26.9)

^a0.7955, ^b0.1857, ^c0.0219

respiratory haemorrhage

1 (0.2)

2 (0.3)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

^a0.7323, ^b0.3390, ^c0.5343

pneumothorax

1 (0.2)

1 (0.2)

1 (0.2)

2 (1.0)

^a1.0000, ^b1.0000, ^c0.1194

aspiration

0 (0.0)

9 (1.7)

5 (1.1)

0 (0.0)

^a0.0011, ^b0.0088, ^c1.000

bolus event

0 (0.0)

4 (0.7)

2 (0.4)

0 (0.0)

^a0.0369, ^b0.1149, ^c1.000

Cardiocascular emergencies

176 (28.3)

161 (30.3)

138 (30.2)

59 (30.6)

^a0.4568, ^b0.4976, ^c0.5381

cardiovascular arrest, unclear

62 (10.0)

14 (2.6)

20 (4.4)

11 (5.7)

^a<0.0001, ^b0.0006, ^c0.0682

heart failure

45 (7.2)

67 (12.6)

36 (7.9)

24 (12.4)

^a0.0020, ^b0.6664, ^c0.0233

cardiac arrhythmia

43 (6.9)

13 (2.4)

19 (4.2)

8 (4.1)

^a0.0004, ^b0.0601, ^c0.1603

acute myocardial infarction

20 (3.2)

49 (9.2)

46 (10.1)

4 (2.1)

^a<0.0001, ^b<0.0001, ^c0.4297

pulmonary embolism

6 (1.0)

18 (3.4)

6 (1.3)

0 (0.0)

^a0.0047, ^b0.6449, ^c0.1634

Other emergencies

142 (22.9)

137 (25.6)

93 (20.4)

42 (21.8)

^a0.2858, ^b0.3264, ^c0.7499

intoxications

28 (4.5)

39 (7.3)

37 (8.1)

11 (0.51)

^a0.0425, ^b0.0142, ^c0.0090

trauma

3 (0.5)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

^a0.1026, ^b0.1303, ^c0.3253

Abdominal aortic aneurysm, ruptured

2 (0.3)

4 (0.7)

2 (0.4)

0 (0.0)

^a0.3297, ^b0.7813, ^c0.4465

aortic dissection

2 (0.3)

7 (1.3)

5 (1.1)

0 (0.0)

^a0.0516, ^b0.1035, ^c0.4465

drowning

0 (0.0)

3 (0.6)

1 (0.2)

0 (0.0)

^a0.0533, ^b0.2651, ^c1.000

hyperthermia

0 (0.0)

2 (0.4)

1 (0.2)

0 (0.0)

^a0.1148, ^b0.2651, ^c1.000

hypothermia

0 (0.0)

1 (0.2)

1 (0.2)

0 (0.0)

^a0.2651, ^b0.2651, ^c1.000

psychiatric disease

0 (0.0)

4 (0.7)

4 (0.9)

0 (0.0)

^a0.0369, ^b0.0179, ^c1.000

smoke inhalation

0 (0.0)

2 (0.4)

2 (0.4)

0 (0.0)

^a0.1148, ^b0.1149, ^c1.000.

gastrointestinal bleeding

15 (2.4)

19 (3.6)

12 (2.6)

12 (6.2)

^a0.2304, ^b0.8149, ^c0.0099

acute abdomen

6 (1.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

2 (1.0)

^a0.0208, ^b0.0321, ^c1.0000

intraabdominal haemorrhage

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.2)

0 (0.0)

^a1.000, ^b0.2651, ^c1.000

acute kidney failure

8 (1.3)

7 (1.3)

7 (1.5)

0 (0.0)

^a1.0000, ^b0.7813, ^c0.1116

dehydration

1 (0.2)

2 (0.4)

7 (1.5)

0 (0.0)

^a0.5308, ^b0.0146, ^c0.5343

urosepsis

32 (5.1)

13 (2.4)

6 (1.3)

0 (0.0)

^a0.0176, ^b0.0008, ^c0.0014

sepsis

7 (1.1)

15 (2.8)

7 (1.5)

17 (8.8)

^a0.0344, ^b0.5623, ^c<0.0001

disorders, others

38 (6.1)

19 (3.5)

11 (2.4)

12 (6.2)

^a0.0416, ^b0.0039, ^c0.9597