Table 2.
Clinical characteristics of patients, NIS 2000 to 2003a
| Characteristic | No ARF | ARF | ARF-D | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White | Black | White | Black | White | Black | |
| Admission type | ||||||
| emergency | 46.5 | 59.3 | 64.1 | 76.8 | 59.7 | 75.3 |
| urgent | 23.6 | 18.6 | 22.4 | 14.0 | 25.6 | 15.7 |
| elective | 29.8 | 21.9 | 13.5 | 9.0 | 14.6 | 8.9 |
| Associated procedures (%)b | ||||||
| mechanical ventilation | 2.4 | 2.8 | 18.7 | 18.6 | 33.0 | 30.4 |
| CABG | 1.3 | 0.5 | 3.4 | 1.4 | 3.6 | 1.1 |
| cardiac catheterization/PCI | 6.1 | 3.6 | 6.2 | 3.9 | 6.4 | 3.4 |
| Associated diagnoses (%)b | ||||||
| CHF | 12.3 | 11.5 | 37.6 | 29.8 | 40.6 | 31.6 |
| AMI | 3.6 | 2.0 | 11.0 | 6.6 | 12.2 | 7.6 |
| Pneumonia | 6.4 | 5.6 | 16.7 | 14.7 | 19 | 17.7 |
| Sepsis | 2.4 | 3.2 | 19.5 | 20.3 | 27 | 28.4 |
| CKD | 0.8 | 1.2 | 7.3 | 5.7 | 10.6 | 9.4 |
| acute pancreatitis | 0.9 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 4.2 |
| acute hepatic failure | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 3.9 | 2.7 |
| GI hemorrhage | 1.6 | 1.5 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 6.0 | 5.7 |
| diabetes | 16.8 | 23.5 | 28.2 | 35.7 | 30.1 | 34.1 |
| D-CI (%) | ||||||
| 0 to 2 | 86.8 | 85.7 | 67.9 | 67.2 | 62.3 | 63.2 |
| 3 to 5 | 9.4 | 9.2 | 25.3 | 22.1 | 31.1 | 24.8 |
| ≥6 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 6.8 | 10.7 | 6.6 | 12.0 |
| mean D-CI | 1.2 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.4 |
| Discharge to SNF | 14.9 | 11.0 | 28.0 | 23.9 | 24.8 | 21.0 |
| Median LOS (d) | 4.8 | 5.4 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 12.3 | 11.7 |
a
SNF, skilled nursing facility.
b
Values are expressed as percentages of white or black patients with the associated procedure or diagnosis. All results were calculated with the use of sampling weights.