Table 1 Clinical diagnoses of patients
From: Mid-regional pro-adrenomedullin as a prognostic marker in sepsis: an observational study
Diagnosis | Number of patientsa |
|---|---|
Respiratory | 61 |
   Pneumonia | 33 |
   Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 14 |
   Acute asthma | 3 |
   Bronchial carcinoma | 3 |
   Pneumothorax | 3 |
   Pharyngeal obstruction | 2 |
   Toxic pulmonary oedema | 2 |
   Wegener's granulomatosis | 1 |
Cardiovascular | 26 |
   Myocardial infarction | 12 |
   Heart failure | 11 |
   Pulmonary embolism | 2 |
   Haemorrhagic shock | 1 |
Abdominal | 24 |
   Gastrointestinal bleeding | 7 |
   Abdominal infection | 6 |
   Urinary tract infection | 5 |
   Acute renal failure | 3 |
   Hepatic coma | 3 |
Cerebral | 21 |
   Ischaemic stroke | 5 |
   Subarachnoid haemorrhage | 4 |
   Intracerebral haemorrhage | 3 |
   Seizures | 3 |
   Suicidal intoxication with sedatives | 5 |
   Cavernous sinus thrombosis | 1 |
Others | 19 |
   Leukaemia | 7 |
   Postoperative | 6 |
   Diabetic coma | 3 |
   Other infections | 3 |