Correlation of Serum Albumin Level to Lung Ultrasound Score and Its Role as Predictors of Outcome in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Patients: A Prospective Observational Study

Table 3

Depiction of the LUSS and albumin level in the three categories of ARDS.

Variables	ARDS category
	Mild (N = 24)		Moderate (N = 58)		Severe (N = 18)		Total
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Global LUSS; Basal LUSS	20.58; 11.46	4.77; 2.41	24.53; 13.76	2.93; 1.57	26.94; 14.33	2.71; 2.03	24.02; 13.31	4.01; 2.15
Basal LUSS as percentage of global LUSS	56.17%	5.21%	56.36%	5.14%	53.11%	4.55%	55.73%	5.15%
Serum albumin (g/dL)	2.92	0.65	2.91	0.77	3.21	0.85	2.97	0.76