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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Chest radiography versus lung ultrasound for identification of acute respiratory distress syndrome: a retrospective observational study

Characteristics

All patients

Berlin-CXR

Berlin-LUS

Berlin-CXR or Berlin-LUS

ARDS present

ARDS absent

ARDS present

ARDS absent

ARDS present

ARDS absent

n

456

216

240

229

227

295

161

Age (years)

62.3 ± 14.8

63.1 ± 14.3

61.5 ± 15.3

62.3 ± 14.3

62.2 ± 15.4

62.9 ± 14.3

61.2 ± 15.7

Female, n (%)

163 (35.8)

70 (32.4)

93 (38.8)

75 (32.8)

88 (38.8)

100 (33.9)

63 (39.1)

Height (m)

1.60 ± 0.09

1.60 ± 0.09

1.60 ± 0.09

1.60 ± 0.09

1.60 ± 0.10

1.60 ± 0.09

1.60 ± 0.10

Weight (kg)

64.7 ± 17.9

66.7 ± 18.8*

62.9 ± 16.8*

64.8 ± 16.8

64.6 ± 18.9

65.4 ± 17.9

63.3 ± 17.8

ED (vs non-ED) admission, n (%)

294 (64.5)

126 (58.3)*

168 (70.0)*

137 (59.8)*

157 (69.2)*

182 (61.7)

112 (69.6)

Main diagnosis, n (%)

 

*

*

*

*

*

*

 Pneumonia

129 (28.3)

90 (41.7)

39 (16.3)

85 (37.1)

44 (19.4)

113 (38.3)

16 (9.9)

 Other sepsisa

51 (11.2)

26 (12.0)

25 (10.4)

25 (10.9)

26 (11.5)

32 (10.9)

19 (11.8)

 COPD/asthma

22 (4.8)

10 (4.6)

12 (5.0)

8 (3.5)

14 (6.2)

14 (4.8)

8 (5.0)

 AMI

9 (2.0)

4 (1.9)

5 (2.1)

4 (1.8)

5 (2.2)

4 (1.4)

5 (3.1)

 Stroke

51 (11.2)

14 (6.5)

37 (15.4)

18 (7.9)

33 (14.5)

23 (7.8)

28 (17.4)

 Otherb

194 (42.5)

72 (33.3)

122 (50.8)

89 (38.9)

105 (46.3)

109 (37.0)

85 (52.8)

Comorbidity, n (%)

 DM

175 (38.4)

86 (39.8)

89 (37.1)

81 (35.4)

94 (41.4)

109 (37.0)

66 (41.0)

 Hypertension

258 (56.6)

122 (56.5)

136 (56.7)

124 (54.2)

134 (59.0)

165 (55.9)

93 (57.8)

 IHD

89 (19.5)

47 (21.8)

42 (17.5)

54 (23.6)*

35 (15.4)*

65 (22.0)

24 (14.9)

 CCF

10 (2.2)

6 (2.8)

4 (1.7)

6 (2.6)

4 (1.8)

8 (2.7)

2 (1.2)

 COPD

18 (4.0)

10 (4.7)

8 (3.3)

8 (3.5)

10 (4.4)

12 (4.1)

6 (3.7)

 CKD

92 (20.2)

49 (22.7)

43 (17.9)

50 (21.8)

42 (18.5)

64 (21.7)

28 (17.4)

 CLD

42 (9.2)

22 (10.2)

20 (8.3)

21 (9.2)

21 (9.3)

27 (9.2)

15 (9.3)

 Cancer

42 (9.2)

21 (9.7)

21 (8.9)

26 (11.4)

16 (7.1)

30 (10.2)

12 (7.5)

APACHE II

28.4 ± 8.0

29.5 ± 8.0*

27.5 ± 7.9*

28.9 ± 8.1

27.9 ± 7.9

29.1 ± 8.1*

27.2 ± 7.7*

pH

7.32 ± 0.15

7.32 ± 0.15

7.33 ± 0.15

7.33 ± 0.15

7.32 ± 0.14

7.32 ± 0.15

7.33 ± 0.15

PF ratio

218 ± 152

150 ± 70*

280 ± 177*

149 ± 66*

288 ± 180*

152 ± 67*

343 ± 184*

  1. All values are shown as mean ± standard deviation unless otherwise indicated
  2. AMI acute myocardial infarction, APACHE Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation score, ARDS acute respiratory distress syndrome, CCF Congestive cardiac failure, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, CKD chronic kidney disease, CLD chronic liver disease, CXR chest radiography, DM diabetes mellitus, ED Emergency department, IHD ischemic heart disease, LUS lung ultrasound, PF ratio partial pressure of oxygen in arterial blood divided by the inspired oxygen fraction
  3. aFor example, urinary tract infection, hepatobiliary sepsis
  4. bFor example, massive gastrointestinal bleeding, massive hemoptysis, pulmonary vasculitis, pneumonitis, pulmonary embolism, malignancy, endocrine emergencies, nonstroke neuromuscular emergencies
  5. *P < 0.05; for main diagnosis, a 6 × 2 Pearson chi-squared test was performed for each ARDS definition