Table 1

Major admitting diagnoses in medical patients (n = 97)
Diagnosis
 n
Respiratory
 45
     Pneumonia
 13
     Acute respiratory distress syndrome
 9
     Acute COPD exacerbation
 8
     Alveolar hemorrhage
 7
     Other*
 8
Sepsis
 12
Cardiovascular
 15
     Congestive heart failure
 6
     Myocardial infarction
 5
     Cardiac arrest
 2
     Other
 2
Gastrointestinal
 10
     Gastrointestinal bleeding
 6
     Liver failure/cirrhosis
 3
     Other
 1
Drug overdose
 7
Other†
 8

COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. * Pneumonitis, central alveolar hypoventilation, pulmonary embolus. † Febrile neutropenia, myasthenic crisis, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura.

Chahine-Malus et al. Critical Care 2001 5:271   doi:10.1186/cc1045