From: Do airway metallic stents for benign lesions confer too costly a benefit?
n (patients) | % total patients | |
---|---|---|
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 14 | 40.0 |
Pneumonia | 10 | 28.6 |
Lung transplant | 4 | 11.4 |
Interstitial lung disease | 4 | 11.4 |
Cerebro-vascular accident | 3 | 8.6 |
Adult respiratory distress syndrome | 2 | 5.7 |
Other infection (non-respiratory) | 2 | 5.7 |
Congestive heart failure | 2 | 5.7 |
Other malignancy | 1 | 2.9 |
Collage-Vascular Disease | 1 | 2.9 |
Immunocompromised | 1 | 2.9 |
Critical illness neuromyopathy | 1 | 2.9 |