Table 3– Causes of 376 hospital admissions during 1.7-year follow-up of 153 chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients
ICD9 codeAll admissions
Cause of admission#Length of hospital stay days
All-cause admissions376 (100)6 (3–10)
COPD490–496196 (52)6 (3–9)
Other respiratory non-COPD460–519 except 490–49646 (12)7 (4–10)
Cardiovascular390–45938 (10)7 (3–14)
Cancer140–23928 (7)6 (3–10)
Digestive520–57921 (6)4 (3–8)
Genitourinary580–62917 (5)6 (5–9)
AftercareV50–V697 (2)4 (2–8)
Musculoskeletal710–7397 (2)8 (7–8)
Infectious and parasitic diseases001–1394 (1)36 (7.5–80)
Injury and poisoning800–9993 (0.8)8 (6–17)
Nervous system and sense organs320–3893 (0.8)17 (2–25)
Diseases of the skin680–7093 (0.8)5 (2–13)
Diseases of the blood280–2891 (0.3)12
Endocrine disorders240–2791 (0.3)15
Mental disorders290–3191 (0.3)2
  • Data are presented as n (%) or median (interquartile range). There were no admission causes other than those included here. ICD9: International Classification of Diseases, 9th revision. #: ordered by frequency; : n=1.