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Fig. 2 | BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Fig. 2

From: Clinical course and complications following diagnostic bronchoalveolar lavage in critically ill mechanically ventilated patients

Fig. 2

Results – Odds ratios with 95 % confidence interval for hemodynamic complications 1 of BAL. A cardiovascular diagnosis upon admission and cardiovascular co-morbidity are associated with significantly more hemodynamic complications. 1Decrease of mean arterial pressure (MAP) < 55 mmHg at any time and/or necessity to initiate norepinephrine > 0.15 μg/kg/min / dubutamine >5 μg/kg/min and/or the necessity to more than double the dose of norepinephrine or dobutamine

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