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Table 4 Comorbidities between hospital admission and entering study

From: Inspiratory muscle strength training improves weaning outcome in failure to wean patients: a randomized trial

 

IMST

SHAM

Cardiovascular

  

   Angina

2

0

   Atrial fibrillation

9

10

   Bundle branch block

0

1

   Arrhythmias requiring cardioversion

2

2

   Congestive heart failure

7

5

   Deep vein thrombosis

4

14

   Cerebral vascular accident or intracranial hemorrhage

6

10

   Myocardial infarction

6

5

   Pacemaker

1

1

   Pericarditis/endocarditis

0

1

   Peripheral vascular disease/chronic wounds

3

7

Respiratory

  

   Adult respiratory distress syndrome

2

4

   Aspiration pneumonia

9

6

   Bronchitis/bronchiectasis/chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations

10

11

   Pleural effusion

18

21

   Pneumonia or tracheobronchitis

20

22

   Pneumothorax

8

2

   Pulmonary embolism

2

5

   Hemothorax

3

2

   Empyema

3

0

   Respiratory arrest

1

2

   Tracheal bleed

1

2

   Bronchiolitis obliterans with organizing pneumonia

1

0

   Cavitary respiratory lesions

1

1

Metabolic/Endocrine

  

   Adrenal depletion

1

1

   Diabetes mellitus

11

9

   Hypothyroidism

5

6

Renal

  

   Chronic renal failure (prior renal replacement therapy-dependence)

2

0

   Acute renal failure (new renal replacement therapy dependence)

11

9

   Renal insufficiency (no renal replacement therapy)

2

1

Infections

  

   Specific Organisms:

  

Candida albicans

9

8

Cytomegalovirus

4

4

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

13

17

Vancomycin-resistant enterococci

8

6

Pseudomonas

13

13

Acid-fast bacillus smear positive

1

0

   Indwelling line-associated sepsis

2

7

   Urinary tract infection

13

10

   Sepsis with shock

18

13

   Sepsis without shock

5

6

Gastrointestinal

  

   Ascites

4

2

   gastrointestinal hemorrhage

10

11

   Clostrium difficile colitis

5

4

   Ileus or gastroparesis

2

3

   Necrotic bowel

4

1

   Hepatic failure

0

1

   Pancreatitis

5

1

   Bowel perforation

1

1

   Abdominal or peritoneal hematoma

5

3

   Abdominal abscess

2

3

   Necrotic gallbladder/cholelithiasis

3

2

   Open abdomen

3

2

   Abdominal compartment syndrome

0

1

Organ transplantation

  

   Liver

2

1

   Cardiac

0

1

   Renal

1

0

Other

  

   Cardiac arrest

6

7

   Shock

0

2

   New cancer diagnosis

11

9

   Encephalitis

0

1

   Encephalopathy (unspecified etiology)

5

1

   Status epilepticus

0

1

   Subacute or chronic fractures

1

3

   Amputation

0

1

   Wound

8

10

   Wound or incisional dehiscence

4

5

   Myoclonus

0

1

   Critical illness myopathy (per physician)

3

1

   Critical illness myopathy (per diagnostic test)

2

0

  1. IMST, inspiratory muscle strength training.
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