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Ten most frequent discharge diagnosis 1995–1999 |
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| Number |
ICD-9 |
Diagnosis |
Number |
Percent of discharges1 |
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| 1 |
466 |
Bronchiolitis |
1282 |
7.6 |
| 2 |
0799,0479 |
Viral infections |
698 |
4.1 |
| 3 |
771 |
Perinatal infections |
504 |
3.0 |
| 4 |
493 |
Asthma |
473 |
2.8 |
| 5 |
7806 |
Fever |
454 |
2.7 |
| 6 |
486 |
Pneumonia |
392 |
2.3 |
| 7 |
53081 |
Reflux |
382 |
2.3 |
| 8 |
5990 |
Urinary Tract Infection |
273 |
1.6 |
| 9 |
769 |
Respiratory Distress |
272 |
1.6 |
| 10 |
00861 |
Rotavirus infection |
260 |
1.5 |
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1number of hospital discharges of children ≤ 2 years (29,957) minus number of normal newborn discharges (13,111) = 16,846 | ||||
Baker et al. BMC Pediatrics 2008 8:11 doi:10.1186/1471-2431-8-11 |
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