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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients with acute ruptured PAVMs

From: Massive haemorrhagic complications of ruptured pulmonary arteriovenous malformations: outcomes from a 12 years’ retrospective study

 

Haemoptysis

Haemothorax

Subjects n

13

5

Age in years (range)

48.7 ± 15.8 (17–67)

53.4 ± 23.7 (18–72)

Female/Male

8/5

3/2

HHT (F/M)

  

 Definite

7 (4/3)

3 (2/1)

 Possible

2 (2/0)

0

 SaO2 (%)

95.2 ± 2.8

90.7 ± 6.9

 PaO2 (mmHg)

76.3 ± 13.0

61.3 ± 10.2

Haemoglobin (g/L)

102.4 ± 24.6

100.7 ± 10.9

Leukocyte (10^9/L)

8.0 ± 3.5

5.3 ± 1.2

Concomitant diseases

  

 Tuberculosis

1

0

 Bronchiectasis

2

1

 Chronic bronchitis

0

2

 None

10

2

  1. Data are presented as n or mean ± standard deviation. PAVM pulmonary arteriovenous malformation, HHT hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia, PaO2 partial pressure of oxygen, SaO2 arterial oxygen saturation