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