Table 2.: Management and outcome variables.

Characteristics No./Total No. (%) * Median (Range) Weeks
Primary admission bed type
 ICU 13/41 (32)
 Telemetry 13/41 (32)
 General floor 15/41 (36)
Antibiotic use 41/41 (100)
 Duration* 6 (3-12)
Systemic anticoagulant use 9/15 (60)
Outcome
 Discharged with improvement 33/41 (80)
 Death 8/41 (20)
Causes of mortality
 Cardiovascular (refractory shock) 4/8 (50)
 Respiratory (respiratory failure,
 massive hemoptysis,
 pulmonary hemorrhage)
3/8 (38)
 Other (failure to thrive) 1/8 (12)