Table 3 Top ICU diagnoses by age group
Top 10 diagnoses for adults and all ages (including age unknown) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
CCS category | As % of all patients N = 5627 | As % of adult patients (≥18 years) N = 4277 | Length of ICU stay in days median (Q1,Q3) (All ages) | In-ICU mortality (All ages) |
Intracranial injury | 703 (12.5%) | 665 (15.5%) | 5 (3,12) | 280 (39.8%) |
Post-operative observation* | 597 (10.6%) | 461 (10.8%) | 1 (1,2) | 73 (12.2%) |
Injury and poisoning | 400 (7.1%) | 321 (7.5%) | 4 (2,9) | 189 (47.3%) |
Other intestinal obstruction | 360 (6.4%) | 248 (5.8%) | 3 (2,7) | 141 (39.2%) |
Acute but ill-defined cerebrovascular accident | 360 (6.4%) | 360 (8.4%) | 6 (4,11) | 247 (68.6%) |
Complications of pregnancy; childbirth; and the puerperium | 315 (5.6%) | 253 (5.9%) | 5 (2,9) | 109 (34.6%) |
Diabetes with ketoacidosis or uncontrolled diabetes | 298 (5.3%) | 259 (6.1%) | 5 (2,7) | 113 (37.9%) |
Peritonitis and intestinal abscess | 264 (4.7%) | 221 (5.2%) | 4 (2,9) | 137 (51.9%) |
Hypertension with complications and secondary hypertension | 191 (3.4%) | 191 (4.5%) | 4 (2,7) | 95 (49.7%) |
Pneumonia (except that caused by TB) | 174 (3.1%) | 101 (2.4%) | 3 (2,5) | 130 (74.7%) |
Top 5 diagnosis in very young children (<5Â years) | ||||
CCS category | As % of age group N = 681 | Length of ICU stay in days median (Q1,Q3) | In-ICU mortality | |
Pneumonia (except that caused by TB) | 86 (12.6%) | 3 (1,10) | 70 (81.4%) | |
Infectious and parasitic diseases** | 69 (10.1%) | 3 (1,9) | 48 (69.6%) | |
Meningitis (except that caused by TB or STD) | 65 (9.5%) | 5 (3,11) | 47 (72.3%) | |
Septicaemia (except in labor) | 49 (7.2%) | 4 (2,12) | 39 (79.6%) | |
Post-operative observation* | 41 (6.0%) | 2 (1,4) | 7 (17.1) | |