Table 3 Number and distribution of procedures, by type of admission
Procedures (ICD-9-CM codes) a | Type of admission | Overall (N = 885) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Emergency (N = 421) | Elective (N = 299) | Day hospital (N = 165) | ||||||
N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
Respiratory function | ||||||||
 Mechanical ventilation (96.7–96.72) | 126 | 29.9 | 37 | 12.4 | - | - | 163 | 18.4 |
   ≥ 96 h (96.72) | 93 | 22.1 | 24 | 8.0 | - | - | 117 | 13.2 |
   < 96 h (96.71) | 17 | 4.0 | 4 | 1.3 | - | - | 21 | 2.3 |
  Unspecified duration | 16 | 3.8 | 9 | 3.0 | - | - | 25 | 2.8 |
 Tracheostomy (31.1–31.2) | 53 | 12.6 | 10 | 3.3 | - | - | 63 | 7.1 |
 Non invasive ventilation (93.90) | 21 | 5.0 | 6 | 2.0 | 8 | 4.8 | 35 | 3.9 |
 IPPB (93.91) | 6 | 1.4 | 7 | 2.3 | - | - | 13 | 1.5 |
 Other respiratory therapy (93.94, 93.96, 93.97, 93.99) | 43 | 10.2 | 8 | 2.7 | - | - | 51 | 5.8 |
 Measurement of arterial blood gases (89.65) | 79 | 18.8 | 40 | 13.3 | 7 | 4.2 | 126 | 14.2 |
Nutrition | ||||||||
 Gastro- or entero- stomy | 40 | 9.5 | 39 | 13.0 | 7 | 4.2 | 86 | 9.7 |
  PEGb (43.11) | 32 | 7.6 | 29 | 9.6 | 7 | 4.2 | 68 | 7.6 |
  PEJc (46.32) | 5 | 1.1 | 6 | 2.0 | - | - | 11 | 1.2 |
  Other gastrostomy (43.19) | 3 | 0.7 | 4 | 1.3 | - | - | 7 | 0.7 |
Diagnostic procedures | ||||||||
 Electromyography (93.08) | 16 | 3.8 | 47 | 15.7 | 49 | 29.7 | 112 | 12.6 |
 MRId of brain, brain stem and spinal canal (88.91, 88.93) | 7 | 1.6 | 24 | 8.0 | 29 | 17.6 | 60 | 6.8 |
 Spinal tap (03.31) | 4 | 0.9 | 10 | 3.3 | 5 | 3.0 | 19 | 2.1 |
 Bronchoscopy (33.21) | 52 | 12.3 | 16 | 5.3 | 1 | 0.6 | 69 | 7.7 |
 Open biopsy of soft tissue (83.21) | 1 | 0.2 | 14 | 4.6 | - | - | 15 | 1.6 |