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Table 4 Rates of clinical, radiologic and laboratory signs assessed at the time of pulmonary samples

From: Morbidity and mortality related to pneumonia and TRACHEOBRONCHITIS in ICU after lung transplantation

 

Pneumonia (n = 42)

Tracheobronchitis (n = 338)

*p

Fever or hypothermia, n (%)

12 (28)

42 (12)

0.009

Leukocytosis or leukopenia, n (%)

37 (88)

207 (71)

0.024

Purulent sputum, n (%)

34 (89)

72 (25)

< 0.0001

PaO2/FiO2 ratio < 240, n (%)

21 (63)

104 (59)

0.7

Chest X-ray infiltrates, n (%)

42 (100)

252 (74)

0.0001

Normal chest X-ray, n (%)

0 (0)

60 (19)

0.0003

Mechanical ventilation, n (%)

33 (79)

185 (55)

0.003

  1. A *p < 0.05 was considered statistically significant