Table 5. Results of clinical course (proportion of patients showing improvement, no change or worsening of symptoms, and proportion of deaths).
| Author [year] | N | Improvement (%) | Stable (%) | Worsening (%) | Death (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patterson [2007] | 20 | − | − | − | − |
| 9 | − | − | − | − | |
| 12 | − | − | − | − | |
| Patterson [2010] | 12 | − | − | − | − |
| 10 | 80.0 | − | 20.0 | − | |
| 10 | − | − | − | − | |
| Pineda [2010] | 5 | 0 | 20.0 | 60.0 | 20.0 |
| 4 | 0 | 50.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | |
| 7 | 0 | 57.1 | 42.8 | 0 | |
| 1 | − | − | − | − | |
| Wraith [2010] | 20 | − | 68.4 | − | − |
| 9 | − | − | − | − | |
| 17 | − | − | − | − | |
| 8 | − | − | − | − | |
| 16 | − | − | − | − | |
| Héron [2012] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 8 | 12.5 | 0 | 75 | 12.5 | |
| 8 | 37.5 | 37.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | |
| 3 | 66.6 | 0 | 33.3 | 0 |
−, not available data.