Table 3 Seasonal variation of the top ten primary diagnoses in ICU from 2004 to 2008
From: ICU service in Taiwan
Primary diagnosis | Season | P value | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Spring | Summer | Fall | Winter | |||
IHD | 32,518 (12.7%) | 31,099 (12.3%) | 31,977 (12.5%) | 32,712 (12.5%) | 0.001 | 128,306 (12.5%) |
Pneumonia | 22,699 (8.8%) | 21,655 (8.5%) | 20,394 (8.0%) | 23,596 (9.0%) | <0.001 | 88,344 (8.6%) |
Stroke | 19,587 (7.6%) | 18,098 (7.1%) | 19,447 (7.6%) | 22,104 (8.4%) | <0.001 | 79,236 (7.7%) |
ARF | 15,651 (6.1%) | 14,916 (5.9%) | 15,013 (5.9%) | 17,197 (6.6%) | <0.001 | 62,777 (6.1%) |
Septicemia | 12,225 (4.8%) | 13,822 (5.5%) | 13,568 (5.3%) | 13,000 (5.0%) | <0.001 | 52,615 (5.1%) |
Heart failure | 6,675 (2.6%) | 5,473 (2.2%) | 6,320 (2.5%) | 7,578 (2.9%) | <0.001 | 26,046 (2.5%) |
COPD | 7,005 (2.7%) | 6,290 (2.5%) | 5,888 (2.3%) | 6,505 (2.5%) | <0.001 | 25,688 (2.5%) |
Liver cirrhosis | 4,232 (1.6%) | 4,081 (1.6%) | 4,338 (1.7%) | 4,631 (1.8%) | <0.001 | 17,282 (1.7%) |
UTI | 2,993 (1.2%) | 3,411 (1.3%) | 3,171 (1.2%) | 2,824 (1.1%) | <0.001 | 12,399 (1.2%) |
Shock | 3,003 (1.2%) | 2,928 (1.2%) | 2,754 (1.1%) | 2,740 (1.0%) | <0.001 | 11,425 (1.1%) |