Table 2: Descriptive
characteristics of the study population, mean ± SD or number (%).
Characteristics |
Study
population (n = 307) |
Age (years) |
60.5 ± 14.0 |
Sex Male |
115 (37.5) |
Nationalities Thai Myanmar Lao Other Asian African |
299 (97.4) 2 (0.7) 1 (0.3) 4 (1.3) 1 (0.3) |
Comorbidities Hypertension Diabetes mellitus Dyslipidemia Chronic kidney
disease Cerebrovascular
disease Coronary artery disease |
248 (80.8) 110 (35.8) 74 (24.1) 46 (15) 20 (6.5) 22 (7.2) |
Risk
factors Smoker Alcohol drinker |
39 (12.7) 36 (11.7) |
Causes
of ER visit Being transferred
from outpatient department Visiting emergency room directly |
120 (30.1) 187 (60.9) |
Symptoms Chest pain Dyspnea Headache Epistaxis Palpitation Dizziness |
13 (4.2) 41 (13.4) 57 (18.6) 2 (0.7) 7 (2.3) 54 (17.6) |
Hemodynamic
parameters Systolic blood
pressure (mmHg) Diastolic blood
pressure (mmHg) Mean arterial
pressure (mmHg) Heart rate (bpm) |
200 (144-284)* 106.7 ± 16.7 139.3 ± 14.2 80.9 ± 16.9 |
Classification
of Hypertensive crisis Hypertensive
emergency |
60 (19.5) |
Acute
end-organ damage# Hypertensive
encephalopathy Cerebral infarction Acute myocardial
infarction Acute decompensate
heart failure Intracerebral
hemorrhage Aortic dissection Eclampsia Acute renal failure Retinopathy |
0 14 (4.6) 3 (1) 31 (10.1) 8 (2.6) 0 0 10 (3.3) 2 (0.7) |
Disposition Admit Refer Discharge |
56 (18.2) 9 (2.9) 242 (78.8) |
*Value was represented
as median (range).
#This table shown all organs
injury and some patients have more than one target organs damage.