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Table 3 Top 10 diagnosis

From: Aetiologies and outcomes of patients with abdominal pain presenting to an emergency department of a tertiary hospital in Tanzania: a prospective cohort study

Variable

Total done

N = 199

Alive

Dead

Top 10 Final Diagnosis

n (%)

n/N (%)

n/N (%)

Malignancy

71 (35.7)

55/71 (77.5)

6/71 (22.5)

Intestinal obstruction

11 (5.5)

6/11 (54.5)

5/11 (45.5)

Peptic ulcer disease

9 (4.5)

9/9 (100)

0

Benign prostatic hypertrophy

7 (3.5)

7/7 (100)

0

Chronic kidney disease

7 (3.5)

6/7 (85.7)

1/7 (14.3)

Upper GI bleeding

6 (3.0)

5/6 (83.3)

1/6 (16.7)

Incomplete abortion

6 (3.0)

6/6 (100)

0

Peritonitis

6 (3.0)

4/6 (66.7)

2/6 (33.3)

Gastritis

6 (3.0)

6/6 (100)

0

Pelvic inflammatory disease

5 (2.5)

5/5 (100)

0