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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of 21 patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome

From: Prognostic value of extravascular lung water assessed with lung ultrasound score by chest sonography in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome

Variable

Mean ± SD

Age (years)

78 ± 6

Gender

 

Male

14 (67 %)

Female

7 (33 %)

Height (cm)

169 ± 8

PBW (kg)

66 ± 7

CRX quadrants

 

3

9 (43 %)

4

12 (57 %)

Etiology of ARDS

Pneumonia

13 (62 %)

Aspiration

3 (14 %)

Sepsis

3 (14 %)

CPR

1 (5 %)

Trauma

1 (5 %)

Onset

 

<48 h

15 (72 %)

>48 h

6 (28 %)

ICU mortality

 

Survival

13 (62 %)

Non-survival

8 (38 %)

  1. PBW predicted body weight, CRX chest X-ray, CPR cardio pulmonary resuscitation
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