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Table 1 Diagnostic categories of patients

From: Serum activin A and B levels predict outcome in patients with acute respiratory failure: a prospective cohort study

Group

Diagnosis

Number of patients

 

Postoperative patients

 

1

 Cardiovascular

118

2

 Gastrointestinal

57

 

 Non-operative patients

 

3

 Cardiovascular

74

4

 Sepsis

26

5

 Gastro-intestinal/hematologic

24

6

 Metabolic

22

7

 Neurologic

56

8

 Respiratory

84

9

 Trauma

37

 

 Postoperative miscellaneous

 

10

 Respiratory/gynecology/renal/orthopedic

20

  1. Patients grouped on the basis of their diagnostic categories as defined according to Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE III) diagnostic groups (3).
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