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Thorax 56:373-378 doi:10.1136/thorax.56.5.373
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Respiratory intensive care units in Italy: a national census and prospective cohort study

Table 5

Complications in RICU

No (%) patients
Heart failure 50  (6.6)
Severe arrhythmias 50 (6.6)
Acute renal failure 27 (3.5)
Pneumothorax 3 (0.3)
Coma 37 (4.8)
Pulmonary embolism 2 (0.2)
Gastrointestinal haemorrhage 17 (2.2)
Shock 21 (2.7)
Nosocomial infection 16 (2.1)
Other 45 (7.8)
No complications 473 (62.5)

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