Table 2.
Reasons for hospital admission for high-risk patients
|
Reasons for hospital admission |
Surgical risk |
Medical risk |
All risk |
|---|---|---|---|
| (N = 227) | (N = 168) | (N = 395) | |
| Medical Conditions |
|
|
|
| Acute heart failure (NYHA Class III or IV) |
0 (0.0%) |
30 (17.9%) |
30 (7.6%) |
| Ischemic stroke |
1 (0.4%) |
19 (11.3%) |
20 (5.1%) |
| Hemorrhagic stroke |
1 (0.4%) |
3 (1.8%) |
4 (1.0%) |
| Other cardiovascular disease |
26 (11.5%) |
63 (37.5%) |
89 (22.5%) |
| Hematologic disease |
8 (3.5%) |
7 (4.2%) |
15 (3.8%) |
| Acute non-infectious respiratory disease |
3 (1.3%) |
24 (14.3%) |
27 (6.8%) |
| Pulmonary infection |
13 (5.7%) |
74 (44.0%) |
87 (22.0%) |
| Malignancy (active) |
66 (29.1%) |
14 (8.3%) |
80 (20.3%) |
| Infection (non-respiratory) |
24 (10.6%) |
12 (7.1%) |
36 (9.0%) |
| Rheumatologic or inflammatory |
0 (0.0%) |
4 (2.4%) |
4 (1.0%) |
| Neurologic |
0 (0.0%) |
8 (4.8%) |
8 (2.0%) |
| Renal |
10 (4.4%) |
20 (11.9%) |
30 (7.6%) |
| Endocrine/Metabolic |
35 (15.4%) |
43 (25.6%) |
78 (19.7%) |
| GI/Hepatobiliary |
48 (21.1%) |
24 (14.3%) |
72 (18.2%) |
| Other medical condition |
23 (10.1%) |
4 (2.0%) |
27 (6.8%) |
| Type of 1st Major Operation | |||
| Hip replacement |
0 (0.0%) |
N/A |
N/A |
| Knee replacement |
2 (0.9%) |
N/A |
N/A |
| Hip fracture |
6 (2.6%) |
N/A |
N/A |
| Curative arthroscopy |
1 (0.4%) |
N/A |
N/A |
| Other ortho trauma |
23 (10.1%) |
N/A |
N/A |
| Colon/Small bowel |
19 (8.4%) |
N/A |
N/A |
| Rectosigmoid |
4 (1.8%) |
N/A |
N/A |
| Gastric |
8 (3.5%) |
N/A |
N/A |
| Hepatobiliary |
33 (14.5%) |
N/A |
N/A |
| Urologic |
19 (8.4%) |
N/A |
N/A |
| Vascular |
11 (4.8%) |
N/A |
N/A |
| Thoracic |
4 (1.8%) |
N/A |
N/A |
| Gynecologic |
10 (4.4%) |
N/A |
N/A |
| Other major surgery |
78 (34.4%) |
N/A |
N/A |
| Admitted with major trauma but surgery not performed | 9 (4.0%) | N/A | N/A |
Abbreviations: NYHA = New York Heart Association, GI = gastrointestinal.
Note: n is the numerator used in calculating the percentage; denominators may vary due to missing data.