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Table 1 Baseline patient characteristics (N = 51)

From: How large is the lung recruitability in early acute respiratory distress syndrome: a prospective case series of patients monitored by computed tomography

Age (years)

50.7 ± 16.5

Sex (male)

65%

Primary/Secondary ARDS

84%/16%

Pneumonia

Aspiration gastric contents

29 (57%)

9 (17%)

Sepsis

5 (10%)

Thoracic trauma

2 (4%)

TRALI

2 (4%)

Other

4 (8%)

APACHE II score

20.2 ± 6.2

SOFA score (day 1)

10 (7 to 12)

NPOF

2 (1 to 2)

Sepsis

71%

Septic shock

63%

Vasopressor

82.3%

CRRT

56.8%

  1. Primary/Secondary ARDS, Primary ARDS/Secondary ARDS; TRALI, transfusion related Acute Lung Injury; NPOF, non-pulmonary organ failure; Vasopressor, percentage of patients receiving vasopressors at entry; CRRT, continuous renal replacement therapy. Data expressed as percentage (%), mean ± standard deviation, or median with interquartile range in brackets