Table 2.
Primary diagnosis upon admission among patients admitted to SPHMMC PICU (Sept. 2017 to Dec. 2018)
| Primary diagnosis | Frequency (n = 260) | Percent |
| Acute Kidney Injury | 37 | 14.2 |
| Meningitis | 32 | 12.3 |
| Severe community-acquired pneumonia | 30 | 11.5 |
| Congestive Heart Failure | 27 | 10.4 |
| Septic Shock | 19 | 7.3 |
| Late-Onset Neonatal Sepsis | 14 | 5.4 |
| Guillain Barre Syndrome | 12 | 4.6 |
| Complicated tuberculosis | 11 | 4.2 |
| Acute on Chronic Kidney Disease | 10 | 3.8 |
| Coma secondary to Poisoning | 9 | 3.5 |
| Acute gastro enteritis with severe dehydration | 8 | 3.1 |
| Diabetic Ketoacidosis | 7 | 2.7 |
| Status Epilepticus | 7 | 2.7 |
| Airway obstruction | 5 | 1.9 |
| Acute Abdomen | 4 | 1.6 |
| Disseminated Staph infection (lung, liver) | 3 | 1.2 |
| Primary Tetanus | 3 | 1.2 |
| Obstructive Sleep Apnea | 3 | 1.2 |
| Severe anemia | 3 | 1.5 |
| Cardiogenic shock | 2 | 0.8 |
| Anaphylactic shock | 2 | 0.8 |
| Perinatal Asphyxia | 2 | 0.8 |
| Acute Asthma Exacerbation | 2 | 0.8 |
| Others * | 8 | 3.2 |
*
Fulminant hepatitis, complicated measles, hypertensive emergency, and TORCH each accounted for 0.8%