Table 2 The ten most common primary diagnoses for critically ill patients directly admitted to the ICU from the ED

1

Acute myocardial infarction (I21)

56,328 (8.6)

2.1 (0.9–4.9)

4,287 (7.6)

2

Intracranial injury (S06)

47,114 (7.2)

2.5 (1.6–4.2)

6,297 (13.4)

3

Cerebral infarction (I63)

46,138 (7.0)

3.0 (1.9–5.0)

3,652 (7.9)

4

Pneumonia (J18)

35,803 (5.4)

3.5 (2.2–6.2)

9,920 (27.7)

5

Intracerebral hemorrhage (I61)

30,100 (4.6)

2.3 (1.5–3.8)

5,084 (16.9)

6

Subarachnoid hemorrhage (I60)

17,998 (2.7)

2.4 (1.6–3.7)

3,161 (17.6)

7

Heart failure (I50)

17,660 (2.7)

4.0 (2.4–7.5)

2,433 (13.8)

8

Other sepsis (A41)

12,707 (1.9)

4.5 (2.8–7.8)

4,262 (33.5)

9

Angina pectoris (I20)

11,206 (1.7)

3.4 (1.7–6.3)

168 (1.5)

10

Cardiac arrest (I46)

9,625 (1.5)

3.2 (1.8–5.9)

4,597 (47.8)