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Table 3 Cause of admission according to ICD-10 classification

From: Validation of two nurse-based screening tools for delirium in elderly patients in general medical wards

Cause of admission (ICD-10 Classification)

Delirium DSM-5 (n = 63)

No-Delirium DSM-5 (n = 635)

Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)

2 (3.2%)

2 (0.3%)

Diseases of the nervous system (G00-G99)

10 (15.9%)

127 (20.0%)

Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99)

46 (73.0%)

383 (60.3%)

Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J99)

2 (3.2%)

10 (1.6%)

Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)

2 (3.2%)

48 (7.6%)

Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T98)

1 (1.6%)

3 (0.5%)

Other diagnosis

0 (0.0%)

62 (9.8%)