Table 2.
Inpatient, outpatient and A&E hospital events in patients with PAH by year, 2013–2017.
2013 (n = 1370) | 2014 (n = 1605) | 2015 (n = 1774) | 2016 (n = 1850) | 2017 (n = 1825) | |||||||
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Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
Inpatient admissions | Total | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 4.3 |
PAH-related | 2.1 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 3.1 | |
Non–PAH-related | 1.1 | 2.9 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 4.6 | 0.9 | 5.2 | |
Outpatient visits | Total | 9.8 | 8.1 | 9.4 | 7.4 | 9.9 | 7.5 | 10.3 | 7.6 | 10.0 | 7.4 |
A&E attendances | Total | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 1.0 |
PAH-related | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.9 | |
Non–PAH-related | 0.5 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1.1 |
A&E, Accident and Emergency; PAH, pulmonary arterial hypertension; SD, standard deviation.