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Table 2 Clinical and related factors of the study participants at WSUTRH, February 2021 to July 2021

From: Incidence of adverse drug events in patients hospitalized in the medical wards of a teaching referral hospital in Ethiopia: a prospective observational study

Variables

Frequency

%

History of hospitalization in the previous 3 months

162

67.5

Past medical history based on ICD-10 code

 K00-K95

Diseases of the digestive system

46

19.2

 A00-B99

Infectious and parasitic diseases

42

17.5

 J00-J99

Diseases of the respiratory system

35

14.6

 I00-I99

Diseases of the circulatory system

33

13.7

 E00-E89

Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases

3

1.2

 G00-G99

Diseases of the nervous system

3

1.2

 C00-D49

Neoplasms

2

0.8

Current diagnosis based on ICD-10 code

 I00-I99

Diseases of the circulatory system

101

42.1

 J00-J99

Diseases of the respiratory system

92

38.3

 D50-D89

Diseases of the blood and immune mechanism

72

30.0

 K00-K95

Diseases of the digestive system

72

30.0

 A00-B99

Infectious and parasitic diseases

61

25.4

 N00-N99

Diseases of the genitourinary system

45

18.7

 E00-E89

Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases

27

11.2

 G00-G99

Diseases of the nervous system

22

9.2

 L00-L99

Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue

6

2.5

 C00-D49

Neoplasms

5

2.1

CCI score

2.0 ± 2.1

LOHS

9 ± 6.6

Number of deaths

5

2.1

  1. CCI Charlson comorbidity index, ICD-10 International Classification of Diseases 10th version, LOHS Length of hospital stay, SD Standard deviation, WSUTRH Wolaita Sodo University teaching referral hospital