Survey study of the etiology of non-traumatic altered consciousness in the Emergency Department at Suez Canal University Hospital in Egypt

Table 4 Distribution of the causes of non-traumatic disturbed level of consciousness, n (%)

Causes of disturbed level of consciousness	n = 87	Dead, n = 65	Alive, n = 22	P value
Neurological	16 (18.4)	15 (23.1)	1 (4.5)	0.5b
Intracranial hemorrhage	6 (7.0)	6 (9.2)	0 (0)
Stroke	7 (8.1)	6 (9.2)	1 (4.6)
Meningitis	1 (1.1)	1 (1.5)	0 (0)
Cavernous sinus thrombosis	1 (1.1)	1 (1.5)	0 (0)
Status epileptics	1 (1.1)	1 (1.5)	0 (0)
Metabolic	10 (11.5)	10 (15.4)	0 (0)
Hypoglycemia	1 (1.1)	1 (1.5)	0 (0)
Diabetic ketoacidosis	6 (7.0)	6 (9.2)	0 (0)
Dehydration and poor oral feeding	3 (3.5)	3 (4.6)	0 (0)
Systemic infection sepsis	22(25.3)	13 (20.0)	9 (41.0)
Respiratory	21 (24.1)	14 (21.5)	7 (31.8)
COVID-19	13 (15.0)	7 (10.8)	6 (27.3)
Pneumonia	3 (3.5)	3 (4.6)	0 (0)
Respiratory failure	5 (5.8)	4 (6.2)	1 (4.5)
Organ dysfunction	8 (9.2)	7 (10.8)	1 (4.5)
Hepatic encephalopathy	4 (4.6)	3 (4.6)	1 (4.5)
Uremic encephalopathy	1 (1.1)	1 (1.5)	0 (0)
Hypertensive encephalopathy	3 (3.5)	3 (4.6)	0 (0)
Cardiovascular	2 (2.3)	1 (1.5)	1 (4.5)
Cardiogenic shock	1 (1.1)	1 (1.5)	0 (0)
Pulmonary edema	1 (1.1)	0 (0)	1 (4.5)
Oncological	5 (5.8)	2 (3.1)	3 (13.6)
Drug overdose	1 (1.1)	1 (1.5)	0 (0)
Unknown	2 (2.3)	2 (3.1)	0 (0)

^bP: Non-significant.

COVID-19: Coronavirus disease 2019.