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. 2010 Mar 19;1(1):32–37. doi: 10.4338/ACI-2009-12-RA-0023

Table 1.

The ten most commonly recorded problems, medications and lab results. There were 272,749 coded problems, 442,658 medications and 11,736,718 lab results recorded for the 100,000 patients in our sample.

Problems Medications Lab Results
Problem Proportion Medication Proportion Result Proportion
Hypertension 5.90% Ibuprofen 2.27% Hematocrit 2.44%
Elevated Cholesterol 2.52% Aspirin 2.01% Potassium 2.40%
Depression 2.31% Lisinopril 1.87% Platelets 2.38%
Coronary Artery Disease 2.08% Multivitamins 1.80% Hemoglobin 2.37%
Hyperlipidemia 2.00% Oxycodone 1.60% White Blood Cell Count 2.37%
Asthma 1.98% Atorvastatin 1.59% Mean Corpuscular Volume 2.37%
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease 1.79% Albuterol 1.51% Red Blood Cell Count 2.37%
Breast Cancer 1.58% Omeprazole 1.49% Red Blood Cell Distribution Width 2.37%
Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 1.45% Levothyroxine 1.46% Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin Concentration 2.37%
Diabetes Mellitus 1.32% Simvastatin 1.44% Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin 2.37%