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. 2019 Feb 18;4(1):e000288. doi: 10.1136/tsaco-2018-000288

Table 5.

ICU diagnoses for all patients (n=1416)

Diagnosis n %
Respiratory failure, tracheally intubated 668 47.18
Acute anemia 348 24.58
None 328 23.16
Delirium 221 15.61
Acute kidney injury (without filtration or dialysis) 204 14.41
Sepsis 191 13.49
Coma (Glasgow Coma Scale score <9) 169 11.94
Arrhythmia requiring treatment 107* 11.69
Pneumonia, ventilator associated (VAP) 159 11.23
Septic shock 145 10.24
Respiratory failure, not intubated 96 6.78
Acute kidney injury requiring hemofiltration or dialysis 96 6.78
Skin soft tissue infection 94 6.64
Hemorrhagic shock 60* 6.55
Pneumonia, not ventilator associated (non-VAP) 91 6.43
Intra-abdominal infection 52* 5.68
Multiple organ failure 79 5.58
Pressure ulceration, decubitus, or deep tissue injury 67 4.73
Adult respiratory distress syndrome 62 4.38
Other bleeding 39* 4.26
Myocardial ischemia or infarction 60 4.24
Stroke 57 4.03
Urinary tract infection—catheter associated (CAUTI) 56 3.95
Deep vein thrombosis 53 3.74
Physical agitation requiring in-room supervision 50 3.53
Urinary tract infection (not CAUTI) 38 2.68
Pulmonary embolism 38 2.68
Upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage 34 2.40
Hypoxic/anoxic brain injury 17* 1.85
Adrenal insufficiency treated with steroids 15* 1.63
Central line-associated bloodstream infection 23 1.62
Clostridium difficile colitis 21 1.48
Lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage 14 0.99
ECMO used during this ICU stay 7 0.49

Categories are not mutually exclusive.

*Prevalence calculated using only study day 2 patients, n=915.

ECMO, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; ICU, intensive care unit.