The Validity of Quantifying Pulmonary Contusion Extent by Lung Ultrasound Score for Predicting ARDS in Blunt Thoracic Trauma

Table 1

Patient characteristics and scores.

Patient characteristic	Value (n = 50)
Age, y	35.74 ± 15.17
Male, n (%)	41 (82%)
Physiologic parameters
Lactate	2.99 ± 1.38
SBP	82.20 ± 40.37
Pao2/Fio2	213.26 ± 85.57
Mode of trauma
Rta, n (%)	35 (70%)
Falling from height, n (%)	10 (20%)
Direct impact, n (%)	15 (30%)
Distribution of injuries
Head trauma, n (%)	21 (42%)
Abdominal trauma, n (%)	16 (32%)
Spinal fractures, n (%)	6 (12%)
Extremity bone fractures, n (%)	29 (58%)
Pelvic fracture, n (%)	6 (12%)
Injury severity measures
GCS	11.54 ± 3.67
ISS	33.42 ± 11.51
RTS	6.44 ± 1.61
TTSS	7.84 ± 3.20
Associated thoracic injuries
Pneumothorax, n (%)	24 (48%)
Hemothorax, n (%)	21 (42%)
Fractured ribs, n (%)	26 (52%)
Flail chest, n (%)	5 (10%)
Pulmonary status and outcome
ARDS, n (%)	12 (24%)
Ventilator days	12.05 ± 8.64
Mortality, n (%)	13 (26%)