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Table 3 Reason for admission in patients who received a statin

From: Acute lung injury and the acute respiratory distress syndrome in Ireland: a prospective audit of epidemiology and management

Diagnosis

Number of patients

Pneumonia

7

Nonpulmonary sepsis

4

Respiratory failure

5

Postoperative (AAA repair)

3

ARDS – no aetiology specified

1

Post cardiac arrest

1

Haemorrhagic shock post-IVC filter insertion

1

Neutropenic sepsis, pneumonia, Churg-Strauss syndrome

1

Sarcoidosis

1

  1. In all, 24 patients received statin treatment. AAA, abdominal aortic aneurysm; ARDS, acute respiratory distress syndrome; IVC, inferior vena cava.