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Demographic and clinical data |
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| Parameter |
Current study population value (n = 50) |
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| Demographics |
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| Age (years) (mean ± standard deviation) |
55 ± 16 |
| Gender (% male) |
56 |
| Race/Ethnicity |
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| Asian (%) |
14 |
| African American (%) |
16 |
| Hispanic (%) |
16 |
| Caucasian (%) |
54 |
| Conditions predisposing to acute lung injury |
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| Sepsis (%) |
36 |
| Pneumonia (%) |
34 |
| Aspiration of gastric content (%) |
16 |
| Transfusion of blood products (%) |
4 |
| Othera (%) |
10 |
| Hospital mortality (%) |
42 |
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aOther group included pancreatitis, near drowning, smoke inhalation, drug overdose and post-surgical complication. | |
McClintock et al. Critical Care 2008 12:R41 doi:10.1186/cc6846 |
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