Research Article
Near Fatal Asthma: Clinical and Airway Biopsy Characteristics
Table 2
Clinical characteristics of NFE I group at the initial evaluation. Values are shown as mean ± standard deviation or frequency and percent.
| | NFE I |
| | Prior admissions | | | Prior intubation | | | B2 agonist use | | | Inhaled corticosteroids | | | Systemic corticosteroids the previous month | | | Heart rate (beats/min) | | | Respiratory rate (breaths/min) | | | Systolic BP (mmHg) | | | Diastolic BP (mmHg) | | | FiO2 (%) | | |
PO2 (mmHg) | | |
PCO2 (mmHg) | | | pH | | | A-aO2 (mmHg) | | | WBC (mm3) | | | Eos (%) | | | Eos absolute (mm3) | | | BUN (mg/dl) | | | Hospitalization days | |
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BP: blood pressure; WBC: white blood counts; Eos: eosinophils; A-a: alveolar-arterial gradient; BUN: blood urea nitrogen.
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