Table 1.

The most common 10 diagnoses of patients admitted to the 24 intensive care units (ICUs) in Croatia from November 1, 2004, to October 31, 2005

Diagnosis	No. (%) of patients
Myocardial infarction	592 (11.2)
Pulmonary edema	542 (10.2)
Sepsis and severe sepsis	456 (8.6)
Coronary artery bypass graft	396 (7.5)
Renal failure	373 (7.0)
Abdominal neoplasm surgery	357 (6.7)
Other abdominal surgery	344 (6.5)
Shock	305 (5.8)
Tachyarrhythmia	276 (5.2)
Respiratory insufficiency	256 (4.8)
Total	3897 (73.5)