TABLE 1.

2014 National Statistics. First-Listed Diagnosis Only: Outcomes by ICD-9-CM Code 276.7, Hyperpotassemia⁷

	All ED Visits	ED Visits with Admission to the Same Hospital	Discharged from the ED
Total number of visits	76,028	35,166	40,862
ED visits with admission to the same hospital, n (%)	35,166 (46.25)	35,166 (100.00)	a
Died during ED visit, n (%)	168 (0.41)	N/A	168 (0.41)
Died during hospital stay, n (%)	482 (1.37)	482 (1.37)	N/A

^aStatistics based on estimates with a relative standard error (standard error/weighted estimate) greater than 0.30 or with standard error = 0 in the nationwide statistics (NIS, NEDS, and KID) are not reliable. These statistics are suppressed.

ED = emergency department; ICD-9-CM = International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification; KID = Kids’ Inpatient Database; N/A=not applicable; NEDS = Nationwide Emergency Department Sample; NIS = National Inpatient Sample.