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Table 2 Pathological diagnosis of patients with ARDS who had open lung biopsy (n = 101)

From: Diffuse alveolar damage associated mortality in selected acute respiratory distress syndrome patients with open lung biopsy

Pathological diagnosis

Number (%)

DAD

57 (56 %)

DAD only

41

Infectious disease

11

Interstitial lung disease

2

Miscellaneous

3

Non-DAD

44 (44 %)

Infectious disease

11*

Interstitial lung disease

18

Miscellaneous

16

  1. All values are expressed as number of patients (%) or mean ± SD. *One pathology result included both pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia and cytomegalovirus pneumonia. Abbreviations: ARDS Acute respiratory distress syndrome; DAD diffuse alveolar damage
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