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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2016 Jul 22;64(8):1574–1582. doi: 10.1111/jgs.14303

Table 3. Concurrent Treatments for Two or More Acute Cardiopulmonary Conditions Received by Pneumonia, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, and Heart Failure Cohorts.

Pneumonia cohort
(91,709 hospitalizations)
N (%)
Chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease cohort
(41,052 hospitalizations)
N (%)
Heart failure cohort
(118,061 hospitalizations)
N (%)
Any concurrent treatment 29,768 (32) 7,759 (19) 44,505 (38)
Antibiotics N/A N/A 40,457 (34)
Corticosteroids 16,959 (18) N/A 10,380 (9)
Intravenous diuretics,
Intravenous vasodilators or
Intravenous positive
inotropes
16,404 (18) 7,759 (19) N/A