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Table 1 General characteristics

From: Decision support tool for differential diagnosis of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) vs Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (CPE): a prospective validation and meta-analysis

  

Prospective validation cohort

 
 

n

ALI/ALI + CPE (n = 72)

CPE (n = 73)

P -value

General Characteristics

      

Age, years

 

61

(49 to 69)

73

(63 to 79)

<0.001

<45 years

 

13

(9)

7

(5)

0.25

Female sex

 

50

(36)

40

(29)

0.21

Body mass index

 

27

(23 to 35)

27

(24 to 32)

0.73

APACHE III score

 

53

(38 to 73)

52

(36 to 69)

0.70

Charlson score

 

2

(0 to 3)

2

(1 to 5)

0.07

Smoking

132

37

(25)

46

(30)

0.30

Referral patient

 

82

(59)

75

(55)

0.33

Admission ICU

     

0.04

medical

 

61

(44)

78

(57)

 

surgical

 

10

(7)

10

(7)

 

mixed

 

29

(21)

12

(9)

 

Non-invasive ventilation only

 

4

(3)

23

(17)

0.001

Invasive mechanical ventilation

 

92

(66)

67

(49)

<0.001

ARDS (Berlin definition [1])*

 

81

(58)

na

 

na

Hospital mortality

 

47

(34)

15

(11)

<0.001

ALI risk factors

      

Sepsis

 

57

(41)

23

(17)

<0.001

Pancreatitis

 

0

(0)

1

(1)

0.32

Pneumonia

 

33

(24)

11

(8)

0.001

Aspiration

 

8

(6)

0

(0)

0.01

CPE risk factors

      

History of coronary artery disease

 

11

(8)

47

(34)

<0.001

History of congestive heart failure

 

11

(8)

33

(24)

0.002

New ST-changes/left-bundle branch block

110

8

(4)

31

(19)

0.003

Other predictors

      

Alcohol abuse

135

19

(13)

6

(4)

0.02

Chemotherapy

144

21

(15)

6

(4)

0.006

SpO2/FiO2 ratio at 6 h after onset of acute pulmonary edema

141

181

(129 to 267)

240

(175 to 436)

0.002

<235

141

71

(48)

43

(31)

0.001

  1. Data are presented as median (IQR) or percent (number); Total number was 145 unless noted otherwise. *ALI patients with positive end-exiratory pressure ≥5cmH2O within 12 h of acute pulmonary edema (94% met this criterion within 48 h). ALI, acute lung injury; ARDS, acute respiratory distress syndrome; CPE, cardiogenic pulmonary edema; APACHE, acute physiology and chronic health evaluation; FiO2: inspired oxygen fraction; SpO2, peripheral oxygen saturation; na, not applicable.