Table 3.
Patient discharge diagnosesa
| Body system category | Number of patients with diagnosis in category (% of patients with the diagnosis) |
|---|---|
| Cardiac (arrhythmia, heart failure, myocardial infarction, other cardiac diagnoses) | 123 (26.7) |
| Endocrine (adrenal, pancreatic including diabetes mellitus, thyroid) | 33 (7.2) |
| Gastrointestinal (including gastrointestinal bleeding, other gastrointestinal disorders) | 30 (6.5) |
| Hepatic | 37 (8.0) |
| Musculoskeletal | 30 (6.5) |
| Neurological (stroke, seizure, subarachnoid hemorrhage, other neurological diagnoses) | 208 (45.1) |
| Renal (acute kidney injury, other renal diagnoses) | 44 (9.5) |
| Respiratory (pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome, other respiratory diagnoses) | 119 (25.8) |
| Multiple organ (multiple organ dysfunction syndrome, sepsis, trauma) | 45 (9.8) |
| Other diagnoses (substance withdrawal, other uncategorized diagnoses) | 52 (11.3) |
| Total diagnoses | 721 |
Notes: N=461;
a
up to three top diagnoses may be listed for one patient, so number of diagnoses is greater than number of patients enrolled in study.