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Table 4 Comparison of clinical outcomes of patients who met Berlin-CXR definition versus patients who met Berlin-LUS but not Berlin-CXR definition

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

Clinical outcomes

Patients with ARDS by either Berlin-CXR or Berlin-LUS definition (n = 295)

Patients with ARDS by Berlin-CXR definition (n = 216)

Patients with ARDS by Berlin-LUS, but not Berlin-CXR definition (n = 79)

P valuea

28-day ventilator-free days

23 (20–25)

23 (19–25)

24 (20–25)

0.132

ICU LOS (days)

7 (5–12)

8 (5–12)

7 (4–12)

0.300

Hospital LOS (days)

19 (10–40)

18 (10–44.5)

21 (9–31)

0.712

ICU mortality, n (%)

59 (20.0)

42 (19.4)

17 (21.5)

0.743

Hospital mortality, n (%)

101 (34.2)

78 (36.1)

23 (29.1)

0.272

  1. Values are shown as median (interquartile range) unless otherwise indicated
  2. ARDS Acute respiratory distress syndrome, CXR chest radiography, ICU Intensive care unit, LOS Length of stay, LUS lung ultrasound
  3. aComparing patients who met Berlin-CXR definition versus patients who met Berlin-LUS but not Berlin-CXR definition