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Table 2 Final diagnoses and the proportion of presumptive diagnoses in agreement with final diagnoses at 4 h

From: Point-of-care ultrasound of the heart and lungs in patients with respiratory failure: a pragmatic randomized controlled multicenter trial

 

Diagnoses in the intervention group (n = 106)

Diagnoses in the control group (n = 105)

Final diagnoses, n (%).

Number of 4 h presumptive diagnoses in agreement with final diagnoses, n (%).

Final diagnoses, n (%).

Number of 4 h presumptive diagnoses in agreement with final diagnoses, n (%).

Lungs

 Exacerbation of COPD

27 (25%)

24 (89%)

28 (27%)

21 (75%)

 Asthma with exacerbation

2 (2%)

0

3 (3%)

2 (67%)

 Exacerbation in ILD

3 (3%)

1 (33%)

5 (5%)

0

 Pneumonia

26 (25%)

23 (88%)

34 (32%)

30 (88%)

 Pulmonary edema

17 (16%)

9 (53%)

6 (6%)

2 (33%)

 Parapneumonic effusion

14 (13%)

10 (77%)

14 (13%)

5 (38%)

 Empyema

1 (1%)

0

0

0

 Pulmonary embolism

3 (3%)

3 (100%)

2 (2%)

2 (100%)

 Pneumothorax

0

0

1 (1%)

1 (100%)

Heart

 Systolic heart failure

17 (16%)

13 (76%)

22 (21%)

13 (62%)

 Non-systolic heart failure

5 (5%)

3 (60%)

1 (1%)

1 (100%)

 Acute myocardial infarction

1 (1%)

0

2 (2%)

1 (50%)

Miscellaneous

 Anemia

5 (5%)

1 (20%)

6 (6%)

0

 Malignancy

8 (8%)

2 (25%)

19 (18%)

5 (26%)

 No diagnostic criteria met

33 (31%)

19 (58%)

35 (33%)

21 (60%)

  1. Intention to treat population
  2. Abbreviations: n number of patients, COPD Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, ILD interstitial lung disease