We defined 10 diagnosis groups using ICD-10 codes: mental disorders due to use of alcohol (MDA), acute myocardial infarction (AMI), stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA), heart failure, pneumonia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), cholelithiasis or cholecystitis, back pain, ...
11,13 The diagnosis of stroke in patients with sickle cell disease can be challenging. Clinical signs are nonspecific and often subtle. Less than 10% of patients present with classic CVA symptoms, and headaches are common in sickle cell patients regardless of central nervous system involveme...
ThisisaretrospectivechartreviewofpatientstreatedwithintheUniversityofPennsylvaniaHealthSystemfromOctober2015toApril2019withadiagnosisofSSc.UsingICD10codes;weidentifiedacohortofSScpatientswhosufferedastroke.InformationregardingdemographicsandstrokeriskfactorsweregatheredfromthechartsofpatientswithadiagnosisofbothSScplusstroke...
following criteria: a) diagnosis of SjS (ICD-9-CM code 710.2, ICD-10-CM code M35.0) in adults on at least two visits within a two-year period between 1996 and 2010 by a non-rheumatologist physician; b) diagnosis of SjS on at least one visit by a rheumatologist or from hospitalization...
Participants: Consecutive patients seen by ED physicians from 11-1-2004 to 10-31-2006 with a primary ICD9 diagnosis of CVA. We calculated the percent of these patients arriving by ambulance as a function of hospital setting, urban vs. suburban or rural. We used Student's t test to test ...