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Diagnosis concept

Sputum finding

One diagnosis code, shared across patients.

Provenance
Code
248595008
  • 327 patients
  • 2.9% of all patients
  • #105 of 778 across all diagnoses, by patients
  • 327 recorded episodes

Coding

System
SNOMED-CT

What else these patients have

diagnosis concept Passive conjunctival congestion
2% of these patients· <1% of all patients
diagnosis concept Diarrhea symptom
5% of these patients· <1% of all patients
diagnosis concept Dyspnea
24% of these patients· 2% of all patients
diagnosis concept Wheezing
24% of these patients· 2% of all patients
diagnosis concept Acute pulmonary embolism
6% of these patients· <1% of all patients

Of the 327 patients with this diagnosis, the share who also carry each one, against how common it is across all patients.

Age at first diagnosis

Sputum finding: median 30 across all diagnoses: median 35

Age at first diagnosis Bar chart. Age at first diagnosis. 327 patients in all; the largest group is 0 to 9 with 54; Sputum finding: median 30 years; across all diagnoses: median 35 years. 0 20 40 0 to 9: 54 patients 10 to 19: 49 patients 20 to 29: 53 patients 30 to 39: 44 patients 40 to 49: 51 patients 50 to 59: 40 patients 60 to 69: 17 patients 70 to 79: 12 patients 80 to 89: 6 patients 90 and over: 1 patient 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 years
Half of these patients were 30 or older. Across all diagnoses, half were 35 or older. The 0 to 9 hold the most, 54 patients. A few first diagnoses are back-dated into infancy, and some conditions are handed an age by the decade, which draws a spike rather than a spread.

How long it stays on the record

How long it stays on the record Bar chart. How long it stays on the record. 7 categories; the largest is up to a month with 235 episodes. no end recorded: 14 episodes no end recorded 14 a week or less: 0 episodes a week or less 0 up to a month: 235 episodes up to a month 235 up to three months: 78 episodes up to three months 78 up to a year: 0 episodes up to a year 0 one to five years: 0 episodes one to five years 0 over five years: 0 episodes over five years 0
up to a month, more than any other. 327 episodes in all. “No end recorded” is an episode the generator never closed, not one known to be ongoing.