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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of participants analyzed

From: Prophetic values of lung ultrasound score on post-extubation distress in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome

Variable

Study group

p

Successfully weaned (n = 61)

Failed weaned (n = 31)

Age (years)

60.25 ± 13.64

66.92 ± 14.53

0.174

Gender

 Male

33 (54.1%)

16 (51.6%)

0.829

 Female

28 (45.9%)

15 (48.4%)

Etiology of ARDS

 Pneumonia

29 (47.5%)

12 (38.7%)

0.779

 Aspiration

9 (14.8%)

3 (9.7%)

 Sepsis

11 (18.0%)

8 (25.8%)

 Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation

5 (8.2%)

3 (9.7%)

 Trauma

7 (11.5%)

5 (16.1%)

Onset

 ≤ 48 h

43 (70.5%)

14 (45.2%)

0.023

 > 48 h

18 (29.5%)

17 (54.8%)

Berlin diagnostic criteria

 Mild

24 (39.3%)

6 (19.4%)

0.092

 Moderate

18 (29.5%)

9 (29.0%)

 Severe

19 (31.2%)

16 (51.6%)

  1. Values are expressed as n (percentage, %) or mean ± SD. p values for each group were derived from either unpaired t test or Mann–Whitney test as appropriate. Chi-square test or Fisher’s exact test was used for assessing distribution of observations or phenomena between different groups