Table 2.

Primary diagnosis of patients admitted to rural intensive careunits

Diagnosis	Number (%)
Respiratory	75 (33%)
Bacterial pneumonia	29 (13%)
COPD/asthma	25 (11%)
Acute respiratory infections	6 (2.6%)
Aspiration pneumonia	5 (2.2%)
Respiratory arrest	5 (2.2%)
ARDS	5 (2.2%)
Status asthmaticus	0 (0.0%)
Cardiovascular/circulatory	72 (32%)
Chronic heart failure	24 (11%)
Myocardial infarction	19 (8.5%)
Cardiac arrest	8 (3.6%)
Diseases of arteries; aneurysm	6 (2.6%)
Cerebrovascular; CVAs, ICH	6 (2.6%)
Arrhythmias	5 (2.2%)
Pulmonary circulation; PE, pulmonary heart disease	4 (1.7%)
Digestive	33 (15%)
Cholecystitis, appendicitis, colitis, enteritis	19 (8.4%)
Ileus, obstruction, hernia	8 (3.6%)
Ulcers, inflammatory bowel disorders	6 (2.7%)
Other	44 (20%)
Trauma, overdose	14 (6.2%)
Cancer, neoplasms	8 (3.6%)
Sepsis, infectious diseases	5 (2.2%)
Complex overdose	0 (0.0%)
All others	17 (7.6%)

COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; ARDS, adult respiratory distress syndrome; CVA, cerebral vascular accident; ICH, intracranial hemorrhage; PE, pulmonary embolus.