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Thorax 57:452-458 doi:10.1136/thorax.57.5.452
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The pulmonary physician in critical care • 5: Acute lung injury and the acute respiratory distress syndrome: definitions and epidemiology

Table 7

Risk factors predictive of increased mortality in multivariate analysis of patients with ALI/ARDS

Risk factor Study
Liver dysfunction/cirrhosis Doyle et al13
Zilberberg et al16
Monchi et al14
Luhr et al29
Roupie et al45
Sepsis Doyle et al13
Zilberberg et al16
Monchi et al14
Non-pulmonary organ dysfunction Doyle et al13
Monchi et al14
Age Zilberberg et al16
Luhr et al29
Organ transplantation Zilberberg et al16
HIV infection Zilberberg et al16
Active malignancy Zilberberg et al16
Length of mechanical ventilation prior to ARDS Monchi et al14
Oxygenation index (mean airway pressure × Fio2 × 100/Pao2) Monchi et al14
Mechanism of lung injury Monchi et al14
Right ventricular dysfunction Monchi et al14
Pao2/Fio2 <100 Luhr et al29
Chronic alcoholism Moss et al15

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