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Annals of Intensive Care

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients undergoing right heart catheterization and pre-procedural bedside ultrasound

From: Use of ultrasound-measured internal jugular vein collapsibility index to determine static intracardiac pressures in patients with presumed pulmonary hypertension

Baseline characteristics

All patients

N = 71

Female sex

51 (71.8%)

Mean age (SD)

59.5 (12.6)

Mean BMI (SD)

27.3 (7.1)

Mean BNP (SD)

567.6 (1082.6)

Co-morbidities

CHF

32 (45.1%)

ILD

30 (42.3%)

OSA

18 (25.4%)

COPD

9 (12.7%)

ESRD

5 (7.0%)

PH group

No PH

7 (9.9%)

Group 1

35 (49.3%)

Group 2

13 (18.3%)

Group 3

7 (9.9%)

Group 4

4 (5.6%)

Group 5

5 (7.0%)

  1. BMI body mass index, BNP B-type natriuretic peptide, CHF congestive heart failure, ILD interstitial lung disease, OSA obstructive sleep apnea, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, ESRD end-stage renal disease, PH pulmonary hypertension
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