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Table 2 Cox proportional hazard of acute lung injury free-survival through 28 days from hospital admission

From: Clinical review: Early treatment of acute lung injury - paradigm shift toward prevention and treatment prior to respiratory failure

Parameter

Risk ratio

95% CI

P-value

Antiplatelet therapy

0.34

0.13-0.88

0.03

Propensity for antiplatelet therapya

1.08

0.93-1.26

0.32

APACHE III at ICU hour 1

1.02

1.00-1.04

0.08

LIPS

1.67

1.33-2.12

<0.01

  1. aThe propensity for antiplatelet therapy was calculated based on a multivariate logistic regression analysis that included age, sex, coronary artery disease, diabetes mellitus, smoking, and prehospitalization statin therapy. ALI, acute lung injury; APACHE, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; LIPS, Lung Injury Prediction Score. Reprinted from [44] with permission from the American College of Chest Physicians.
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