Infectious disease specialist consultations in a Japanese cancer center: a retrospective review of 776 cases

Table 5 Source of referral for patients who had an infectious disease consultation (N = 776)

Department and clinical section	Patients n (%)
Internal medicine	314 (40.5)
Gastroenterology	158 (20.4)
Respiratory medicine	60 (7.7)
Hematology	36 (4.6)
Endoscopy	18 (2.3)
Palliative medicine	16 (2.1)
Radiology	16 (2.1)
Other^a	10 (1.3)
Surgery	462 (59.5)
Hepato-biliary-pancreatic surgery	153 (20.9)
Gynecology	76 (9.7)
Colorectal surgery	47 (6.1)
Gastric surgery	46 (5.7)
Head and neck surgery	26 (3.4)
Urology	22 (2.8)
Breast surgery	22 (2.7)
Thoracic surgery	16 (2.1)
Neurosurgery	16 (1.9)
Orthopedic surgery	11 (1.3)
Other^b	27 (3.4)

^aThe sources of the other 10 consultations with patients from internal medicine departments were female internal medicine (n = 6), cardiology (n = 3), and rehabilitation (n = 1)
^bThe sources of the other 27 consultations with patients from surgical department were esophageal surgery (n = 9), dermatology (n = 8), plastic surgery (n = 6), and dental surgery (n = 4)

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