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Table 1 General characteristics

From: Microcirculatory dysfunction and dead-space ventilation in early ARDS: a hypothesis-generating observational study

 

All patients

Age

48 (33–63)

Sex, male (%)

24 (57.1)

APACHE II

21.5 (17.0 27.3)

SOFA, day 1

11.0 (7.8–13.3)

Coexisting conditions

 

 Hypertension

8 (19.0)

 Diabetes

5 (11.9)

 Hepatic disease

5 (13.2)

 Chronic renal failure

3 (7.3)

 Cancer

6 (14.3)

 Immunosuppression

6 (14.3)

 BMI (kg/m2)

20.7 (20.3–22.7)

Risk factors for ARDS

 

 Sepsis

28 (66.7)

 Trauma

5 (13.2)

 Pneumonia

13 (34.2)

 Gastric aspiration

6 (15.8)

 Other

11 (28.9)

 Vasopressors, n (%)

26 (61.9)

 Steroids, n (%)

15 (35.7)

 TRR, n (%)

8 (19.5)

 Prone position, n (%)

10 (23.8)

 Muscular paralysis

34 (80.9)

 Time since ICU admission to ARDS onset, hours

96 (24–168)

 Cumulated resuscitation fluids, ml

2.300 (1.075–4.735)

 Total cumulative fluids at ARDS diagnosis, ml

6.361 (2.182–13.023)

Mortality

 

 At day 28

13 (31.0)

 At day 90

19 (45.2)