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. 2019 May 20;17:162. doi: 10.1186/s12967-019-1898-z

Table 1.

Top 10 clinical phenomes of patients with severe acute pneumonia (SAP), acute pulmonary embolism (APE), or acute exacerbation of chronic pulmonary diseases (AECPD) selected from the highest clinical phenotype score (mean ± SE)

SAP APE AECPD
Cough 2.82 ± 0.13 d-dimer (mg/l) 2.88 ± 022 Cough 2.67 ± 0.16
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate 2.36 ± 0.16 Pulmonary embolism 2.30 ± 0.28 Expectoration 2.08 ± 0.15
Pulmonary nodule 2.18 ± 0.19 Blood sugar 1.45 ± 0.26 Pulmonary nodule 2.08 ± 0.17
White blood cells 2.18 ± 0.19 Prothrombin time 1.43 ± 0.27 Pleural thickening 1.67 ± 0.17
d-dimer 2.18 ± 0.19 Heart rate 1.17 ± 0.28 Tachypnea 1.42 ± 0.14
Expectoration 2.09 ± 0.13 Diabetes 1.16 ± 0.28 Heart rate 1.33 ± 0.16
Tachypnea 1.82 ± 0.17 C-reaction protein 1.15 ± 0.21 Erythrocyte sedimentation rate 1.33 ± 0.15
Pleural thickening 1.82 ± 0.19 Tachypnea 1.02 ± 0.22 Emphysema 1.33 ± 0.16
Chest auscultation 1.82 ± 0.19 Nutritional status 0.86 ± 0.04 Chest distress 1.17 ± 0.13
C-reaction protein 1.82 ± 0.14 Expectoration 0.74 ± 0.21 d-dimer 1.00 ± 0.15