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Table 3 Common general internal medicine secondary diagnoses per subspecialty

From: Overspecialized and undertrained? Patient diversity encountered by medical students during their internal medicine clerkship at a university hospital

Secondary diagnosis

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Atrial fibrillation (%)

17.16

---

4.26

---

5.95

3.85

6.02

Anaemia (%)

1.49

---

2.13

---

1.19

---

---

Respirat. tract infection (%)

0.75

---

---

5.26

---

---

4.82

COPD (%)

8.21

9.68

2.13

2.63

11.90

---

22.89

Diabetes (%)

11.94

---

17.02

10.53

13.10

---

12.05

Hypertension (%)

0.75

---

---

---

2.38

3.85

---

Hyperthyroidism (%)

1.49

---

---

---

3.75

---

3.61

Renal insufficiency (%)

9.70

---

4.26

2.63

16.67

---

6.02

Total (%)

22.5

9.0

18.7

16.0

24.3

7.7

28.7

  1. 1: cardiology, 2: endocrinology, 3: gastroenterology, 4: infectious diseases, 5: nephrology, 6: oncology/haematology, 7: pulmonology.