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Table 5 Patient characteristics for different immune status

From: Open lung biopsy in early-stage acute respiratory distress syndrome

Characteristics

Competent (n = 24)

Compromised (n = 17)

p

Age

62 ± 15

45 ± 13

0.0004

Gender

   

   Male

17 (71%)

12 (71%)

0.9864

   Female

7 (29%)

5 (29%)

 

APACHE II score

22.1 ± 5.1

21.4 ± 4.9

0.6

ALI score

3.3 ± 0.4

2.9 ± 0.3

0.0045

PaO2/FiO2, mmHg

108.8 ± 44.1

130.2 ± 40.1

0.1855

Complication rate

5 (21%)

3 (18%)

0.7998

Diagnosis

   

   Specific

9 (38%)

9 (53%)

0.3263

   Nonspecific

8 (47%)

  

Treatment alteration rate

17 (71%)

13 (77%)

0.6882

Hospital survival rate

8 (33%)

12 (71%)

0.0187

  1. APACHE, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; ALI, acute lung injury; PaO2, arterial partial pressure of oxygen; FiO2, fraction of inspired oxygen. Data are presented as mean ± SD or n (%); p values in italics are statistically significant.