Infantile gastroesophageal reflux in a hospital setting

BMC Pediatrics

Table 2 Ten most frequent discharge diagnosis 1995–1999

Number	ICD-9	Diagnosis	Number	Percent of discharges¹
1	466	Bronchiolitis	1282	7.6
2	0799,0479	Viral infections	698	4.1
3	771	Perinatal infections	504	3.0
4	493	Asthma	473	2.8
5	7806	Fever	454	2.7
6	486	Pneumonia	392	2.3
7	53081	Reflux	382	2.3
8	5990	Urinary Tract Infection	273	1.6
9	769	Respiratory Distress	272	1.6
10	00861	Rotavirus infection	260	1.5

¹number of hospital discharges of children ≤ 2 years (29,957) minus number of normal newborn discharges (13,111) = 16,846

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