TABLE 2.
Adverse Medical Device Event Diagnoses by Device Category and Presence of One or More of the Top 10 Most Common Principal Procedures and Diagnoses and Complex Chronic Conditions
| Device Category | Admissions, n = 136,465 | Presence of Top 10 Most Common Principal Procedures, n = 63,801 | Presence of Top 10 Most Common Principal Diagnoses, n = 19,472 | Presence of ≥1 Complex Chronic Condition, n = 103,003 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Only 1 AMDE diagnosis | ||||
| Vascular access | 36,257(26.6%) | 26,658(41.8%) | 6,518(33.5%) | 26,022 (25.3%) |
| Nervous system | 24,243(17.8%) | 4,266(6.7%) | 3,567(18.3%) | 21,516(20.9%) |
| Unspecified device | 21,222(15.6%) | 11,368(17.8%) | 2,512(12.9%) | 13,826(13.4%) |
| Cardiac | 4,384(3.2%) | 1,959(3.1%) | 309(1.6%) | 3,962(3.8%) |
| Orthopedic | 3,064(2.2%) | 874(1.4%) | 179(0.9%) | 1,235(1.2%) |
| Dialysis | 2,426(1.8%) | 836(1.3%) | 281(1.4%) | 1,462(1.4%) |
| Genitourinary | 1,165(0.9%) | 388(0.6%) | 166(0.9%) | 668(0.6%) |
| Prosthetic cardiac valve | 518(0.4%) | 236(0.4%) | 33(0.2%) | 411 (0.4%) |
| Urologic catheters | 379(0.3%) | 228(0.4%) | 93(0.5%) | 223(0.2%) |
| Defibrillator | 197(0.1%) | 11 (0.02%) | 4(0.02%) | 18(0.02%) |
| Ocular | 3(0.002%) | 1 (0.002%) | 1 (0.005%) | 1 (0.001%) |
| Only 1 AMDE diagnosis subtotal | 93,861 (68.8%) | 46,825 (73.4%) | 13,663(70.2%) | 69,344 (67.3%) |
| 2 AMDE diagnoses | 39,557(29.0%) | 15,003(23.5%) | 5,312(27.3%) | 31,091 (30.2%) |
| >2 AMDE diagnoses | 3,047(2.2%) | 1,973(3.1%) | 497(2.6%) | 2,568(2.5%) |
NOTE: Abbreviations: AMDE, adverse medical device event.