Table 4.
Top ten diagnoses of children requiring emergency care and subsequent hospitalization (2000-2009)*
| |
0-5 y |
6-11 y |
12-17 y |
0-17y |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top | 0-11 m | 1-5y | |||
| 1 |
Acute bronchiolitis |
Fluid/electrolyte disorder |
Fluid/electrolyte disorder |
Open wound of head |
Fluid/electrolyte disorder |
| 2 |
Fluid/electrolyte disorder |
Bronchopneumonia |
Acute tonsillitis |
Normal delivery |
Bronchopneumonia |
| 3 |
Gastroenteritis/colitis |
Gastroenteritis/colitis |
Gastroenteritis/colitis |
Acute appendicitis |
Gastroenteritis/colitis |
| 4 |
Urinary tract infection |
Acute tonsillitis |
Bronchopneumonia |
Radius/ulna fracture |
Acute bronchiolitis |
| 5 |
Bronchopneumonia |
Acute bronchiolitis |
Acute bronchiolitis |
Concussion |
Acute tonsillitis |
| 6 |
Bacterial infection |
Enterovirus infection |
Pneumonia |
Fluid/electrolyte disorder |
Acute pharyngitis |
| 7 |
General symptoms |
Acute pharyngitis |
Acute pharyngitis |
Gastroenteritis/colitis |
Enterovirus infection |
| 8 |
Atopic dermatitis |
Pneumonia |
Asthma |
Acute tonsillitis |
Pneumonia |
| 9 |
Enterovirus infection |
General symptoms |
Acute appendicitis |
Contusion of trunk |
General symptoms |
| 10 | Acute pharyngitis | Otitis media | Gastritis/duodenitis | General symptoms | Urinary tract infection |
*The diagnoses were retrieved and sorted using first 3 ICD-9-CM codes from the random systematic sampling database of Taiwan’s National Health Insurance Research Database.
Abbreviations:m months, y years.