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Table 4 Outcome of patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome according to transpulmonary bubble transit

From: Echocardiographic detection of transpulmonary bubble transit during acute respiratory distress syndrome

 

Transpulmonary bubble transit

 

Absent-or-minor ( n  = 159)

Moderate-to-large ( n  = 57)

p value

Pneumothorax, n (%)

8 (5%)

2 (4%)

0.64

Adjunctive therapy, n (%)

Prone positioning

50 (31%)

12 (21%)

0.14

Nitric oxide

37 (23%)

14 (25%)

0.84

ICU mortality, n (%)

73 (46%)

34 (60%)

0.08

Hospital mortality, n (%)

76 (48%)

36 (63%)

0.046

28-day ventilator-free days, mean ± SD

9 ± 10

4 ± 8

<0.01

28-day ICU-free days, mean ± SD

6 ± 9

3 ± 6

<0.01

ICU survivors (n = 109)

(n = 86)

(n = 23)

 

MV duration, mean days ± SD

16 ± 28

28 ± 30

<0.01

ICU duration, mean days ± SD

25 ± 35

35 ± 33

0.03

  1. ICU, intensive care unit; MV, mechanical ventilation; SD, standard deviation.