Research Article
Direct Discharge from the Critical Care Resuscitation Unit: Results from a Longitudinal Assessment
Table 3
Diagnoses at admission and discharge of patients who were discharged directly from the critical care resuscitation unit (CCRU).
| Diagnosis | Admission, N (%) | Discharge, N (%) |
| Acute liver injury | 1 (0.7) | 0 (0) | Acute aortic syndrome | 21 (14.5) | 21 (14.5) | Altered mental status | 2 (1.4) | 2 (1.4) | Aortic dissection | 1 (0.7) | 0 (0) | Appendicitis | 1 (0.7) | 1 (0.7) | Arterial occlusion | 3 (2.1) | 3 (2.1) | Brain mass | 2 (1.4) | 2 (1.4) | Coronary artery disease | 4 (2.8) | 4 (2.8) | Foreign body ingestion | 5 (3.5) | 5 (3.5) | Headache | 2 (1.4) | 2 (1.4) | Hemorrhage | 7 (4.8) | 7 (4.8) | Intraabdominal abscess | 1 (0.7) | 1 (0.7) | Intracerebral hemorrhage | 2 (1.4) | 1 (0.7) | Intracranial hemorrhage | 5 (3.5) | 5 (3.5) | Intraparenchymal hemorrhage | 1 (0.7) | 1 (0.7) | Ischemic bowel | 1 (0.7) | 1 (0.7) | Mesenteric ischemia | 2 (1.4) | 2 (1.4) | Pancreatitis | 1 (0.7) | 1 (0.7) | Pulmonary artery dissection | 1 (0.7) | 1 (0.7) | Respiratory failure | 7 (4.8) | 7 (4.8) | Retropharyngeal injury | 1 (0.7) | 0 (0) | Seizure | 5 (3.5) | 5 (3.5) | Sepsis | 2 (1.4) | 1 (0.7) | Sigmoid volvulus | 1 (0.7) | 1 (0.7) | Soft tissue infection | 24 (16.6) | 24 (16.6) | Stroke | 16 (11.0) | 16 (11.0) | Subarachnoid hemorrhage | 4 (2.8) | 4 (2.8) | Subdural hematoma | 1 (0.7) | 1 (0.7) | Syncope | 1 (0.7) | 1 (0.7) | Traumatic brain injury | 1 (0.7) | 1 (0.7) | Toxicologic emergency | 1 (0.7) | 1 (0.7) | Trauma | 14 (9.7) | 14 (9.7) | Urticaria | 1 (0.7) | 1 (0.7) | Intracranial aneurism | 1 (0.7) | 1 (0.7) | Renal failure | 2 (1.4) | 2 (1.4) | Acute renal failure | 0 (0) | 1 (0.7) | Infected aortic graft | 0 (0) | 1 (0.7) | Intracranial bleed | 0 (0) | 1 (0.7) | Pharyngeal laceration | 0 (0) | 1 (0.7) | Ascending aortic aneurysm | 0 (0) | 1 (0.7) |
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