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Table 4 Rates and causes of Emergency Department visits

From: Rates and causes of 30-day readmission and emergency room utilization following head and neck surgery

Causes

Numbers

Rates

Pain: surgical/graft site

34

31.48%

Bleeding: surgical/graft site

19

17.59%

Infection: surgical/graft site, UTI

16

14.81%

Equipment: nasogastric tube, tracheostomy tube, surgical drain

8

7.41%

Cardiac: chest pain, syncope

7

6.48%

Respiratory: dyspnea

7

6.48%

Gastrointestinal: nausea/vomit, constipation

6

5.56%

Neurologic: seizure, weakness

5

4.63%

Exacerbation of chronic condition

4

3.70%

Psychiatric: delirium

2

1.85%

  1. *UTI – urinary tract infection