Table 1 |
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Characteristics of acute lung injury and septic at-risk patients |
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Characteristic |
ALI |
At risk for ALI |
P value |
95% confidence interval |
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PaO2:FiO2 ratio |
130 (40) |
255 (92) |
0.001 |
75 to 167 |
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Lung injury score |
2.6 (0.4) |
1.2 (0.3) |
0.001 |
1.0 to 1.5 |
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APACHE II |
24.5 (8.2) |
21.7 (8.9) |
0.294 |
2.5 to 8.2 |
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SAPS II |
57.4 (17.5) |
54.8 (12.8) |
0.631 |
-8.3 to 13.5 |
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SOFA score |
8.9 (2.8) |
6.6 (4.3) |
0.116 |
-0.8 to 5.5 |
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ALI = acute lung injury; APACHE = acute physiology and chronic health evaluation; FiO2 = fraction of inspired oxygen; PaO2 = partial pressure of arterial oxygen; SAPS = simplified acute physiology score; SOFA = sequential organ failure assessment. Data are expressed as mean (standard deviation). |
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Perkins et al. Critical Care 2009 13:R52 doi:10.1186/cc7779 |
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