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Table 1 Patient demographics and outcomes, by first event following acute lung injury onset

From: Age and decisions to limit life support for patients with acute lung injury: a prospective cohort study

  

By first event

 

All patients ( N= 490)

Discharge ( N= 235)

Cardiac arrest ( N= 63)

Limitation in life support ( N= 192)

Age

52 (42 to 62)

48 (40 to 59)

50 (41 to 63)

56 (48 to 66)

Female

43.5

46.0

41.3

41.1

Nonwhite

40.8

39.2

46.0

41.2

Oncology comorbidity

18.4

15

17

22

Charlson Comorbidity Index

2 (1 to 4)

1 (0 to 3)

3 (1 to 5)

3 (1 to 4)

Functional Comorbidity Index

1 (1 to 3)

1 (1 to 3)

1 (0 to 3)

1 (1 to 3)

Study site hospital

    

1

38.0

31.9

42.9

43.8

2

31.0

31.9

33.3

29.2

3

31.0

36.2

23.8

27.1

Days in hospital before ALI onset

2 (1 to 6)

2 (1 to 5)

2 (1 to 10)

3 (1 to 7)

Medical ICU

80.4

74.9

84.1

85.9

APACHE II score at ICU admission

26 (20 to 33)

23 (19 to 29)

33 (22 to 38)

29 (22 to 35)

SOFA score at ALI onset

9 (7 to 12)

8 (5 to 10)

12 (8 to 14)

11 (8 to 14)

Survival to ICU discharge

56.3

100.0

23.8

13.5

  1. Data presented as median (interquartile range) or percentage. ALI, Acute lung injury; APACHE, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; SOFA, Sequential Organ Failure Assessment.