The following are the 20 most frequent inpatient procedures in 2011, listed by number of hospital stays with the procedure per 10,000 population :
1. Blood Transfusion — 94
2. Prophylactic vaccinations and inoculations — 60
3. Respiratory intubation and mechanical ventilation — 52
4. Repair of current obstetric laceration — 42
5. Cesarian section — 41
6. Diagnostic cardiac catheterization, coronary arteriography — 40
7. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, biopsy — 39
8. Circumcision — 36
9. Artificial rupture of membranes to assist delivery — 30
10. Hemodialysis — 29
11. Echocardiagram — 28
12. Fetal monitoring — 25
13. Arthroplasty knee — 23
14. Enteral and pareteral nutrition — 19
15. Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty — 18
16. Colonoscopy and biopsy — 17
17. Laminectomy, excision invertibral disc — 17
18. Spinal fusion — 16
19. Incision of pleura, thoracentesis, chest drainage —15
20. Hip replacement, total and partial — 15
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