Prevalence of and characteristics associated with in-hospital mortality in a Ugandan neurology ward

Diaz, Monica M.; Hu, Xin; Fenton, Brenda T.; Kimuli, Ivan; Lee, Allison; Lindsey, Hayley; Bigelow, Jeffrey K.; Maiser, Samuel; Altalib, Hamada H.; Sico, Jason J.

doi:10.1186/s12883-020-1627-5

BMC Neurology

Table 2 Discharge Diagnoses by Mortality Status (N = 302)

From: Prevalence of and characteristics associated with in-hospital mortality in a Ugandan neurology ward

	Alive		Dead		Total		P-value^b
	N	%^a	N	% ^a	N	%	P-value^b
No Discharge Diagnosis	80	32.5%	26	46.4%	106	35.1%	0.049
All Discharge Diagnosis (N = 196)
Stroke							.26
No	113	68.1%	14	46.7%	127	64.8%
Yes	53	31.9%	16	53.3%	69	35.2%
Neurologic Trauma
Head Trauma							.16
No	149	89.8%	23	76.7%	172	87.8%
Yes	17	10.2%	7	23.3%	24	12.2%
Spinal Cord Insult							.69
No	157	94.6%	29	96.7%	186	94.9%
Yes	9	5.4%	1	3.3%	10	5.1%
Non-communicable disease
Diabetes							.51
No	117	70.5%	21	70.0%	138	70.4%
Yes	49	29.5%	9	30.0%	58	29.6%
Hyperlipidemia							N/A
No	166	100.0%	30	100.0%	196	100.0%
Yes	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Atrial Fibrillation							.31
No	162	97.6%	28	93.3%	190	96.9%
Yes	4	2.4%	2	6.7%	6	3.1%
Myocardial Infarction							1.00
No	165	99.4%	30	100.0%	195	99.5%
Yes	1	0.6%	0	0.0%	1	0.5%
Liver Disease							1.00
No	164	98.8%	30	100.0%	194	99.0%
Yes	2	1.2%	0	0.0%	2	1.0%
Seizure/Convulsion							.14
No	147	88.6%	29	96.7%	176	89.8%
Yes	19	11.4%	1	3.3%	20	10.2%
Psychiatric Illness							.13
No	139	83.7%	28	93.3%	167	85.2%
Yes	27	16.3%	2	6.7%	29	14.8%
Communicable disease
Syphilis							N/A
No	166	100.0%	30	100.0%	196	100.0%
Yes	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Malaria							.36
No	159	95.8%	30	100.0%	189	96.4%
Yes	7	4.2%	0	0.0%	7	3.6%
Schistosomiasis							N/A
No	166	100.0%	30	100.0%	196	100.0%
Yes	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
TB							1.00
No	164	98.8%	30	100.0%	194	99.0%
Yes	2	1.2%	0	0.0%	2	1.0%
Pneumonia							.001
No	154	92.8%	20	66.7%	174	88.8%
Yes	12	7.2%	10	33.3%	22	11.2%
HIV							1.00
No	154	92.8%	28	93.3%	182	92.9%
Yes	12	7.2%	2	6.7%	14	7.1%
Cryptococcus/MAI/PJP ^c							N/A
No	166	100.0%	30	100.0%	196	100.0%
Yes	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
All Discharge Diagnosis Group (N = 196)
Stroke							.26
No	113	68.1%	14	46.7%	127	64.8%
Yes	53	31.9%	16	53.3%	69	35.2%
Neurologic Trauma							.43
No	140	84.3%	22	73.3%	162	82.7%
Yes	26	15.7%	8	26.7%	34	17.3%
Non-communicable Disease							.017
No	67	40.4%	17	56.7%	84	42.9%
Yes	99	59.6%	13	43.3%	112	57.1%
Communicable Disease							.13
No	133	80.1%	18	60.0%	151	77.0%
Yes	33	19.9%	12	40.0%	45	23.0%
Primary Discharge Diagnosis (N = 196)
Stroke	46	27.7%	15	50.0%	61	31.1%	.019
Neurologic Trauma
Head Trauma	12	7.2%	3	10.0%	15	7.7%	.71
Spinal Cord Insult	9	5.3%	1	3.3%	10	5.0%	1.00
Non-communicable disease
Diabetes	28	16.9%	3	10.0%	31	15.8%	.43
Hyperlipidemia	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	N/A
Atrial Fibrillation	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	N/A
Myocardial Infarction	1	0.6%	0	0.0%	1	0.5%	1.00
Liver Disease	2	1.2%	0	0.0%	2	1.0%	1.00
Seizure/Convulsion	17	10.2%	1	3.3%	18	9.2%	.32
Psychiatric Illness	23	13.9%	2	6.7%	25	12.8%	.38
Communicable disease
Syphilis	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	N/A
Malaria	6	3.6%	0	0.0%	6	3.1%	.59
Schistosomiasis	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	N/A
TB	2	1.2%	0	0.0%	2	1.0%	1.00
Pneumonia	6	3.6%	3	10.0%	9	4.6%	.14
HIV	11	6.6%	2	6.7%	13	6.6%	1.00
Cryptococcus/MAI/PJP ^c	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	N/A
Primary Discharge Diagnosis Group (N = 196)							.049
Stroke	46	27.7%	15	50.0%	61	31.1%
Neurologic Trauma	21	12.7%	4	13.3%	25	12.8%
Non-communicable Disease	74	44.6%	6	20.0%	80	40.8%
Communicable Disease	25	15.1%	5	16.7%	30	15.3%

^aColumn percent among those with non-missing discharge diagnosis
^bFisher Exact test was used for small cells
^cAbbreviations: MAI Mycobacterium Avium-intracellulare, PJP Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia
Note: Disease groups using all discharge diagnosis codes are not mutually exclusive, and disease groups using primary discharge diagnosis codes are mutually exclusive

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