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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Crit Care Med. 2012 Jul;40(7):2196–2203. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31824e68cf

Table 2.

Prevalences of chronic conditions in patients admitted to 54 U.S. PICUs

Condition Median % IQR Range
Any NCCC 17.9 15.5 – 20.9 8.9 – 33.2
Any CCC 49.7 40.4 – 58.7 22.4 – 70.6
Cardiovascular
 NCCC 7.3 3.5 – 10 1 – 14
 CCC 8.8 4.7 – 16.9 0.9 – 26.9
Respiratory
 NCCC 10.1 6.5 – 13.3 2.3 – 26.9
 CCC 7 4.9 – 9.8 1.5 – 24.2
Neuromuscular
 NCCC 2.4 1.6 – 3.2 0 – 7.2
 CCC 17.3 14 – 22.6 4.8 – 31.9
Congenital/Genetic
 NCCC 3.1 1.6 – 5 0.4 – 10
 CCC 4.2 2.3 – 6.1 0 – 12.1
Oncologic
 NCCC 0.7 0.5 – 1 0 – 3.5
 CCC 6.6 5.1 – 8.6 0.3 – 17.4
Metabolic/Endocrinologic
 NCCC 0.4 0.2 – 0.9 0 – 4.9
 CCC 7.9 6.5 – 11.8 2.1 – 20
Renal
 NCCC 0.4 0.1 – 0.7 0 – 4.1
 CCC 1.5 0.7 – 2.5 0 – 9.9
Gastrointestinal
 NCCC 0.4 0 – 0.6 0 – 2.3
 CCC 4 1.8 – 9.4 0 – 33.6
Hematologic/Immunologic
 NCCC
 CCC 3 1.8 – 4.1 0.2 – 14.2
Other
 NCCC 6.5 4.7 – 11.3 0 – 19.4
 CCC 0.4 0 – 0.6 0 – 1.1

CCC, complex chronic condition; IQR, interquartile range; NCCC, non-complex chronic condition