Table 2.
Clinical presentation-related characteristics of hospitalized heart failure patients at the JUMC, Jimma, Ethiopia, from September 11, 2016, to September 10, 2017.
Variables | Category | Frequency | Percentage |
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Systolic BP | ≥140 | 64 | 26.1 |
90–140 | 174 | 71.0 | |
<90 | 7 | 2.9 | |
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Diastolic BP | ≥90 | 58 | 23.7 |
60–90 | 175 | 71.4 | |
<60 | 12 | 4.9 | |
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Pulse rate | ≥120 | 54 | 35.8 |
100–120 | 97 | 64.2 | |
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Respiratory rate | >24 | 191 | 75.8 |
14–24 | 61 | 24.2 | |
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Cardiogenic shock | Yes | 8 | 3.2 |
No | 244 | 96.8 | |
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Pulmonary edema | Yes | 42 | 16.7 |
No | 210 | 83.3 |