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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2015 Sep;79(3):417–424. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000000760

Table 2.

Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of 123 Hypoxemic Study Subjects with Adjudicated ARDS Status

Age (years): mean ± SD 42 ± 19
Male sex, n (%) 98(80)
Race, n (%)
 White 66(54)
 Black 33(27)
 Asian 21(17)
 Unknown or Other 3(2)
Latino Ethnicity: n (%) 21(17)
BMI: mean ± SD 27 ± 6
Blunt injury: n (%) 82 (67)
Injury Severity Score: median (IQR) 29 (21–43)
Head AIS >3: n (%) 74 (60)
Chest AIS>3: n (%) 25 (20)
Arrival Base Excess: median (IQR) −6.6 (−9.6 – −4.3)
PRBC Transfused first 24 hrs: median (IQR) 3 (0 –8)
Mortality at 28 days n (%) 35(29)

ARDS = Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Abbreviated Injury Score

Packed Red Blood Cell units