Table 2 Final diagnoses in all patients and in patients with and without pleuritic chest pain at presentation
All patients n = 872 | No pleuritic cp n = 655 | Pleuritic cp n = 217 | |
|---|---|---|---|
Pulmonary embolism | 279 (32%) | 214 (32.7%) | 65 (30%) |
Pneumonia | 169 (19.4%) | 121 (18.5%) | 48 (22.1%) |
Heart failure | 80 (9.2%) | 72 (11%) | 8 (3.7%) |
Musculo-skeletal chest pain | 53 (6.1%) | 11 (1.7%) | 42 (19.4%) |
COPD/pulmonary fibrosis | 60 (6.9%) | 55 (8.4%) | 5 (2.3%) |
Pleural effusion | 38 (4.4%) | 21 (3.2%) | 17 (7.8%) |
Syncope | 37 (4.2%) | 35 (5.3%) | 2 (0.9%) |
Tachyarrhythmia | 32 (3.7%) | 27 (4.1%) | 5 (2.3%) |
Acute coronary syndrome | 19 (2.2%) | 17 (2.6%) | 2 (0.9%) |
Lung cancer | 20 (2.3%) | 13 (2%) | 7 (3.2%) |
Psychogenic dyspnea | 19 (2.2%) | 16 (2.4%) | 3 (1.4%) |
Aortic dissection | 6 (0.7%) | 6 (0.9%) | 0 |
Pericardial effusion | 5 (0.6%) | 3 (0.5%) | 2 (0.9%) |
Miscellaneous | 55 (6.3%) | 44 (6.7%) | 11 (5.1%) |