Looking for the top 50 inpatient IM (hospitalist) diagnosis.

[bananas85]

I am able to find the top 50 outpatient diagnosis but having a hard time getting a similar list for hospitalist medicine. Can someone more internet savvy link me.

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[obiwan]

Just add exacerbation to pretty much any diagnosis and you should get your hospitalist list.

 

[Shark7500]

The Case Files: Internal Medicine book has the top 60 most common cases in IM. It's a mix of inpatient and outpatient, though so you may get the top ~40 diagnoses instead of the top 50.

 

[Raryn]

http://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb148.pdf has the top 10 reasons people were hospitalized in the US. Of those, probably 5 are IM: Pneumonia, CHF, Sepsis, Cardiac arrhythmias, and COPD. I'd agree that those 5 are probably the biggest hitters for admissions to a typical medical service. Looking at the age breakdowns, chest pain, CAD, and UTIs also make the list. If I were to make a top 10, it would be the above 8 plus stroke and cellulitis.

 

[nlax30]

Just anecdotally from my IM training here were some common ones, not necessarily in any particular order:

-Infections including sepsis (very general I know) -> Pneumonia, UTI, abscesses, viral syndromes
-SOB
-Chest Pain
-Arrhythmias/palpitations
-COPD
-CHF
-CVA/TIA
-Abd pain/intra-abd pathology -> gastritis, colitis, acute choley, pancreatitis, appendicitis, etc...
-Syncope/fall
-Fracture
-Intractable MSK pain
-Bleeding/anemia
-AMS
-Hyper/Hypoglycemia/Diabetic emergencies
-Overdose
-Failure to thrive/"needs placement"
-Intracranial hemorrhage/headache
-Fever unknown origin
-Cardiac arrest
-DVT/PE
-Acute issues related to malignancy and chemo treatment

 

[obiwan]

-Failure to thrive/"needs placement"

Number 1 diagnosis as far as I'm concerned

 

[gutonc]

Number 1 diagnosis as far as I'm concerned

It's actually 15 of the top 10 diagnoses.

 

[NRAI2001]

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