Table 3.

Patients characteristics and outcome

	All	Survivors	Non-survivors
Patients	51 (100%)	26 (50.9%)	25 (49.1%)
Age (years)	52 (40 to 59)	44 (25 to 53)	58 (51 to 63) **
Female/male ratio	8/43	5/21	3/22
Body mass index	26.2 (23.7 to 31.1)	26.6 (23.8 to 31.1)	25.1 (23.9 to 28.4)
Days on ventilator (prior iLA)	4 (2 to 7)	3 (1 to 6)	5 (2 to 8)
Days on iLA	8 (6 to 11)	8 (6 to 10)	8 (4 to 16)
Lung injury score (Murray)	3.3 (3.25 to 3.7)	3.3 (3.3 to 3.7)	3.3 (3.1 to 3.7)
SOFA score (prior iLA)	10 (8 to 12)	9 (7.5 to 12)	10 (9 to 12)
SOFA score (24 hours after insertion)	10 (6 to 11)	9 (6 to 11)	10 (7 to 12)

Data are presented as median values (interquartile ranges), except female/male ratio.

** p < 0.01 in comparison with survivors.

ILA = interventional lung assist; SOFA = sequential organ failure assessment.