Clinical Study

Bronchoalveolar Activation of Coagulation and Inhibition of Fibrinolysis during Ventilator-Associated Lung Injury

Table 1

Baseline characteristics.

VALI ( )No VALI ( ) value

Age (years)63 (±13)55 (±11)0.13
Gender (male)7 (70%)6 (60%)0.64
Duration of mechanical ventilation before randomization (hours)21 (±10)15 (±7)0.11
APACHE-II score20 (±8)22 (±7)0.43
SOFA11 (±4)7 (±4)0.03
Lung injury score1.5 (±0.5)1.2 (±0.8)0.37
Diagnosis on admittance
Sepsis5
Intracranial hemorrhage5
Aortic dissection1
Cardiac surgery1
Heat stroke1
Resuscitation21
Pneumonia1
Trauma 21

APACHE-II: acute physiology and chronic health evaluation-II; SOFA: sepsis organ failure assessment score.