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Table 4 Predictive validity of Berlin definition acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) patients in Validation of biomarkers in Acute Lung Injury Diagnosis (VALID)

From: Is there still a role for the lung injury score in the era of the Berlin definition ARDS?

 

Mild

Moderate

Severe

P-valuea

Overall number (%) of patients, N = 550

76 (14)

257 (47)

217 (39)

 

Lung Injury Score, mean ± SD

2.1 ± 0.4

2.5 ± 0.5

3.3 ± 0.4

< 0.001

Mortality, number (%)

14 (18)

48 (19)

73 (34)

< 0.001

Ventilator-free days, median (IQR)

20 (7.5 to 25)

18 (9 to 23)

14 (0 to 22)

< 0.001

Number (%) of survivors, N = 415

62 (15)

209 (50)

144 (35)

 

Duration of mechanical ventilation in survivors, median (IQR)

6 (3 to 12)

7 (4 to 13)

8 (5 to 14.5)

0.006

ICU days in survivors, median (IQR)

9 (6 to 15)

10 (6 to 16)

11.5 (7 to 19)

0.07

Length of hospitalization in survivors, median (IQR)

16 (10 to 23)

16 (11 to 26)

19 (13 to 29)

0.08

  1. aTest of trend.
  2. Abbreviations: ARDS = acute respiratory distress syndrome, ICU = intensive care unit, IQR = interquartile range, SD = standard deviation.