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Primary Causes of In-hospital and Post-Discharge Death
| Cause | In-Hospital Death N= 17 (%) |
Post-Discharge Death N= 23 (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Cardiac failure/CHD-related | 11 (64.7) | 10 (43.5) |
| Sepsis | 2 (11.8) | 1 (4.3) |
| Multiple organ system failure | 3 (17.6) | 0 |
| Pulmonary hypertension | 1 (5.9) | 3 (13.1) |
| Pneumonia/Other Respiratory | 0 | 6 (26.1) |
| Seizure | 0 | 2 (8.7) |
| Trauma | 0 | 1 (4.3) |
