The Role of Open Lung Biopsy in Critically Ill Patients with Hypoxic Respiratory Failure: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Table 3

Clinical outcomes of patients who underwent an open lung biopsy.

	Total cohort (76)
Hospital mortality, (%)	34 (44.7)
Sepsis	7 (9.2)
Hemorrhagic shock	2 (2.6)
Respiratory failure	17 (22.4)
Withdrawal of active care	8 (10.5)
Complications, (%)	23 (30.3)
Air leak	14 (18.4)
Bleeding	12 (15.8)
ICU length of stay (IQR)	12 (7–25)

: note that these two patients died of hemorrhagic shock at a date remote from the open lung biopsy and for reasons not related to the biopsy.
IQR: interquartile range; ICU: intensive care unit.