Table 3.

Clinical Characteristics of 10 Patients Who Died with ALI or ARDS and 10 Patients Who Died without Pulmonary Disease

Clinical characteristics	ALI or ARDS (n = 10)	Nonpulmonary (n = 10)
Age (years)	43 ± 18	52 ± 24
Male gender	75%*	16%‡
Caucasian	100%†	100%‡
Current smoker	18%†	7%‡
SAPSII score	68 ± 14†	51 ± 14‡
Number of organ failures	2.6 ± 0.9	1.8 ± 1.1‡
Lung Injury Score	3.5 ± 0.4†	1.4 ± 1.1‡
Hospital mortality	100%	100%
Days intubated, with assisted ventilation	11 ± 15†	2 ± 3‡

Data are mean ± SD or percent of total patients.

*P < 0.05 compared to nonpulmonary group.

^†Information was not available for 1 patient who was an organ donor.

^‡Information was not available for 2 patients, both of whom were in the organ transplant program.