Lung injury prediction score for the emergency department: first step towards prevention in patients at risk

Table 2 EDLIPS points derived and assigned by weight

Predispositions	Estimate	95% CI		p-value	EDLIPS Points
Male gender	0.512	0.089	0.935	0.018	1
Aspiration	0.900	0.204	1.595	0.011	2
Pneumonia	0.550	0.052	1.047	0.030	1
Sepsis	0.500	0.031	0.969	0.037	1
Shock	0.959	0.406	1.512	0.001	2
Lung contusion	0.823	−0.032	1.679	0.059	1
Smoke inhalation	1.505	−0.100	3.109	0.066	1.5
Long bone fractures	1.122	0.341	1.904	0.005	2
Brain injury	1.103	0.426	1.780	0.001	2
Cardiac surgery	2.584	0.619	4.549	0.010	5
Aortic surgery	2.619	0.190	5.049	0.035	5
Spine surgery	2.727	0.623	4.832	0.011	5
Acute abdomen	1.272	0.506	2.038	0.001	2.5
Risk modifiers
Diabetes mellitus	−0.381	−0.896	0.133	0.146	−0.5
Cirrhosis	0.928	−0.078	1.934	0.071	1
Chemotherapy	1.181	0.405	1.957	0.003	2
Obesity (BMI >30)	0.795	0.352	1.237	0.000	1.5
Acidosis (pH <7.35)	0.852	0.348	1.357	0.001	2
FiO₂ > 0.35 (>4 l/min)	0.904	0.443	1.365	0.000	2
Albumin <3.5	0.792	0.359	1.226	0.000	1.5
SpO₂ < 95%	0.733	0.317	1.148	0.001	1.5
Excluded variables*
Pancreatitis	0.273	−0.866	1.413	0.638	-
Thoracic surgery	1.187	−2.476	4.849	0.525	-
Near drowning^a	14.509	−7692.1	7721.1	0.997	-
Alcohol abuse^a	0.099	−0.618	0.817	0.786	-
Smoking	−0.054	−0.504	0.397	0.816	-
Tachypnea	0.074	−0.596	0.745	0.828

*Variables were removed secondary to minimal effect size; ^afewer than ten patients with variable.

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