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Table 2 Comparison of the pulmonary artery obstruction improvement scales between the two treatments

From: Efficacy and safety of 2-hour urokinase regime in acute pulmonary embolism: a randomized controlled trial

 

24 hour

14 day

Qualitative Change

UK-12 h

(n = 70)

UK-2 h

(n = 55)

P

UK-12 h

(n = 70)

UK-2 h

(n = 55)

P

Significant improvement

34(48.6)

36(61.1)

0.373

47(67.1)

44(74.6)

0.807

Slight-improvement

16(22.9)

11(18.6)

 

17(24.3)

12(20.3)

 

No change

8(11.4)

8(13.6)

 

3(4.3)

2(3.4)

 

Worse

12(17.1)

4(6.8)

 

3(4.3)

1(1.7)

 

Any improvement*

50(71.4)

47(79.7)

0.281

64(91.4)

56(94.9)

0.439

  1. Data presented are number (%) of patients.
  2. The improvements of pulmonary artery obstruction from baseline between the two treatments were compared.
  3. * Any improvement (%) = (significant + slight)/total, which indicates the percentage of overall improvement. Significant improvement- obstruction decreased by ≥ 75%; slight improvement - obstruction decreased by ≥ 25% but < 75%; no change - obstruction reduced by < 25%; worse - obstruction increased in score index.
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Respiratory Research

ISSN: 1465-993X

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