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Table 2 Hospital Course and Outcomes for Total, No ALI, and ALI

From: Towards prevention of acute lung injury: frequency and outcomes of emergency department patients at-risk – a multicenter cohort study

Variable

Total (n = 4,361)

No ALI ( n = 4,058)

ALI (n = 303)

OR (95 % CI)

P-value

ICU admission, no. (%)

2,320 (53.2 %)

2,043 (50.3 %)

277 (91.4 %)

10.50 (6.99, 15.77)

< 0.001

ICU LOS (n = 2,320), median (Q1, Q3)

2.0 (1.0, 5.0)

2.0 (0.0, 4.0)

9.0 (5.0, 17.0)

19.12 (9.79, 37.38)

< 0.001

Hospital LOS (n = 4361), median (Q1, Q3)

6.0 (3.0, 10.0)

5.0 (3.0, 9.0)

16.0 (9.0, 26.0)

8.60 (5.94, 12.36)

< 0.001

Vasopressors use, no. (%)

448 (10.3 %)

334 (8.2 %)

114 (37.6 %)

6.73 (5.20, 8.71)

< 0.001

Acute hemodialysis (n = 4,290), no. (%)

148 (3.5 %)

115 (2.9 %)

33 (11.0 %)

4.15 (2.76, 6.23)

< 0.001

ICU mortality, no. (%)

194 (4.5 %)

120 (3.0 %)

74 (24.4 %)

10.61 (7.71, 14.59)

< 0.001

Hospital mortality, no. (%)

272 (6.2 %)

188 (4.6 %)

84 (27.7 %)

7.90 (5.90, 10.56)

< 0.001

Mechanical ventilation (n = 4,223)

1,299 (30.8 %)

1,013 (25.8 %)

286 (94.7 %)

51.29 (30.85, 85.28)

< 0.001

Non-invasive (n = 4,146), no. (%)

470 (11.3 %)

387 (10.0 %)

83 (30.1 %)

3.87 (2.93, 5.11)

< 0.001

Non-invasive duration (n = 461), median (Q1, Q3)

2.0 (1.0, 5.0)

2.0 (1.0, 5.0)

3.0 (2.0, 5.5)

1.29 (0.73, 2.25)

0.379

Invasive (n = 4,228), no. (%)

997 (23.6 %)

730 (18.6 %)

267 (88.4 %)

33.40 (23.27, 47.94)

< 0.001

Invasive duration (n = 932), median (Q1, Q3)

3.0 (1.0, 8.0)

2.0 (1.0, 5.0)

8.0 (4.0, 15.0)

6.53 (4.52, 9.42)

< 0.001

TV/PBW (n = 768), median (Q1, Q3)

8.3 (7.4, 9.5)

8.4 (7.5, 9.7)

8.1 (7.3, 9.2)

0.70 (0.51, 0.96)

0.029

Plateau pressure (n = 435), median (Q1, Q3)

19.0 (16.0, 24.0)

19.0 (15.0, 23.0)

21.0 (17.0, 27.2)

1.77 (1.17, 2.69)

0.007

PEEP (n = 916), median (Q1, Q3)

5.0 (5.0, 5.5)

5.0 (5.0, 5.0)

5.0 (5.0, 8.0)

2.30 (1.32, 4.01)

0.003

Mode: Volume control

762 (83.9 %)

561 (86.4 %)

201 (77.6 %)

1.00

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Mode: Pressure control

111 (12.2 %)

63 (9.7 %)

48 (18.5 %)

2.13 (1.41, 3.20)

0.010

  1. ICU: Intensive care unit; LOS: length of stay; TV: tidal volume; PBW: predicted body weight; PEEP: peak end-expiratory pressure.