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. 2014 Sep 23;14:26. doi: 10.1186/1472-698X-14-26

Table 4.

Conditions with highest in-ICU mortality

Conditions with highest in-ICU mortality for all ages
CCS category As % of all patients N = 5627 Length of ICU stay in days median (Q1,Q3) In-ICU mortality
Chronic renal failure
23 (0.4%)
2 (1,4)
21 (91.3%)
Acute renal failure
51 (0.9%)
2 (1,3)
45 (88.2%)
Shock
90 (1.6%)
2 (1,5)
78 (86.7%)
Burns
56 (1.0%)
6 (2,9)
48 (85.7%)
Septicaemia (except in labor)
68 (1.2%)
4 (2,12)
55 (80.9%)
Pneumonia (except that caused by TB)
174 (3.1%)
3 (2,5)
130 (74.7%)
Other bacterial infections***
135 (2.4%)
8 (5,13)
96 (71.1%)
Acute but ill-defined cerebrovascular accident
360 (6.4%)
6 (4,11)
247 (68.6%)
Meningitis (except that caused by TB or STD)
140 (2.5%)
4 (3,13)
94 (67.1%)
Acute myocardial infarction
45 (0.8%)
5 (4,9)
27 (60.0%)
Top 5 pediatric (<5 years) conditions with highest in-ICU mortality
CCS category
As % of age group N = 681
Length of ICU stay in days median (Q1,Q3)
In-ICU mortality
Pneumonia (except that caused by TB)
86 (12.6%)
3 (1,10)
70 (81.4%)
Septicaemia (except in labor)
49 (7.2%)
4 (2,12)
39 (79.6%)
Meningitis (except that caused by TB or STD)
65 (9.5%)
5 (3,11)
47 (72.3%)
Infectious and parasitic diseases**
69 (10.1%)
3 (1,9)
48 (69.6%)
Fluid and electrolyte disorders 15 (2.2%) 3 (2,6) 10 (66.7%)

**All were Malaria cases, for which there is no specific CCS category.

***All were Tetanus cases, for which there is no specific CCS category.