Table 5

ICU diagnoses for all patients (n=1416)

Diagnosisn%
Respiratory failure, tracheally intubated66847.18
Acute anemia34824.58
None32823.16
Delirium22115.61
Acute kidney injury (without filtration or dialysis)20414.41
Sepsis19113.49
Coma (Glasgow Coma Scale score <9)16911.94
Arrhythmia requiring treatment107*11.69
Pneumonia, ventilator associated (VAP)15911.23
Septic shock14510.24
Respiratory failure, not intubated966.78
Acute kidney injury requiring hemofiltration or dialysis966.78
Skin soft tissue infection946.64
Hemorrhagic shock60*6.55
Pneumonia, not ventilator associated (non-VAP)916.43
Intra-abdominal infection52*5.68
Multiple organ failure795.58
Pressure ulceration, decubitus, or deep tissue injury674.73
Adult respiratory distress syndrome624.38
Other bleeding39*4.26
Myocardial ischemia or infarction604.24
Stroke574.03
Urinary tract infection—catheter associated (CAUTI)563.95
Deep vein thrombosis533.74
Physical agitation requiring in-room supervision503.53
Urinary tract infection (not CAUTI)382.68
Pulmonary embolism382.68
Upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage342.40
Hypoxic/anoxic brain injury17*1.85
Adrenal insufficiency treated with steroids15*1.63
Central line-associated bloodstream infection231.62
Clostridium difficile colitis211.48
Lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage140.99
ECMO used during this ICU stay70.49
  • Categories are not mutually exclusive.

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

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