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)