Table 3 Medical procedures
From: Incidence and medical costs of lupus in Spanish hospitals: a retrospective database analysis
Index admission | p-value a | |
|---|---|---|
Medical procedures, > 10% | ||
Heart ultrasound, right and left sides | 64 (19.45) | < 0.0001 |
Introduction in peripheral vein of anti-inflammatory, percutaneous approach | 59 (17.93) | < 0.0001 |
Plain chest x-ray | 57 (17.33) | < 0.0001 |
Peripheral vein introduction of anti-infective, another anti-infective, percutaneous approach | 40 (12.16) | < 0.0001 |
Abdominal ultrasound | 39 (11.85) | |
Measurement of electrical activity, cardiac, external approach | 39 (11.85) | < 0.0001 |
Peripheral vein transfusion of red blood cells, non-autologous, percutaneous approach | 34 (10.33) | < 0.0001 |
Kidney excision, right, diagnosis, percutaneous approach | 33 (10.03) | < 0.0001 |