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Table 2 Final discharge diagnoses of studied patients

From: Effect of oral beta-blocker on short and long-term mortality in patients with acute respiratory failure: results from the BASEL-II-ICU study

Characteristic

(n= 314)

Heart failure (HF)

101 (32)

HF + any additional diagnosis

75 (24)

   HF + pneumonia

42 (13)

   HF + obstructive pulmonary disease

20 (6)

   HF + other diagnosis

13 (4)

Pneumonia

50 (16)

Obstructive pulmonary disease

30 (10)

Pneumonia + obstructive pulmonary disease

11 (3)

Pulmonary embolism

15 (5)

Unknown cause

4 (1)

Other cause a

28 (9)

  1. aIncluding aspiration, anaemia, atelectasis, pneumothorax, oversedation, interstitial lung disease, obesity hypoventilation syndrome and pleural effusion.
  2. Values are displayed as number of patients (%).