Table 1.
Clinical Characteristics of the Acute Lung Injury Cohort (n=93)
| Baseline Characteristics | Mean ± SD or n (%) |
|---|---|
| Age, years | 59 ± 17 |
| Female gender | 44 (47) |
| Race | |
| Caucasian | 62 (67) |
| African American | 8 (9) |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 19 (20) |
| Other | 4 (4) |
| Hispanic ethnicity | 13 (14) |
| Comorbidities at ICU admission | |
| Acute hepatic failure | 8 (9) |
| Cirrhosis | 15 (16) |
| End stage renal disease | 2 (2) |
| Immunosuppression | 18 (19) |
| Metastatic cancer | 2 (2) |
| Lymphoma | 3 (3) |
| Hematologic malignancy | 5 (5) |
| AIDS | 3 (3) |
| Acute kidney injury | 17 (18) |
| Clinical risk condition for ALI | |
| Sepsis | 25 (27) |
| Pneumonia | 41 (44) |
| Aspiration | 22 (24) |
| Other | 5 (5) |
| On day of diagnosis | |
| SAPS II | 47 ± 15 |
| APACHE II | 24 ± 7 |
| APACHE III | 92 ± 42 |
| In hospital mortality by diagnosis | 1 (20) |
| Sepsis | 5 (22) |
| Pneumonia | 16 (40) |
| Aspiration | 5 (23) |
| Other | 1 (13) |
| Overall mortality | 27 (29) |
Abbreviations: SAPS II, Simplified Acute Physiology Score II; APACHE II and III, Acute Physiology And Chronic Health Evaluation II and III; SD, standard deviation; ICU, intensive care unit.