Table 1 Top ten hospitalization diagnoses in the 90 days following severe sepsis.

1

Congestive heart failure, nonhypertensive

10.4

5.7*

2

Septicemia

9.5*

6.5*

3

Pneumonia

5.4

3.5*

4

Rehabilitation care

5.1

3.2

5

Acute and unspecified renal failure

4.6*

3.2*

6

Respiratory failure

4.1*

2.5*

7

Complication of device, implant, or graft

3.5*

2.3*

8

COPD and bronchiectasis

3.1

1.8

9

Urinary tract infection

3.1

1.8*

10

Aspiration pneumonitis

2.8*

1.8*