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Clinical characteristics of patients with ARDS and control subjects |
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| ARDS N = 12 |
CONTROLS N = 7 |
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| Body Weight (kg) |
74 ± 16 |
58 ± 12 |
0.05 |
| Age (years) |
60 ± 16 |
50 ± 23 |
0.37 |
| Mechanical Ventilation (days) |
23 ± 16 |
81 ± 129 |
0.21 |
| Mechanical Ventilation at the start of the study (days) |
2.6 ± 2 |
69 ± 132 |
0.23 |
| Male/Female (number) |
8/4 |
3/4 |
0.324 |
| Survival (alive/total number) |
4/12 |
7/7 |
0.006 |
| Mean FiO2 (percentage) |
60 ± 16 |
24 ± 14 |
<0.001 |
| Mean PEEP (cm H2O) |
7.7 ± 1.8 |
1.3 ± 0.2 |
<0.001 |
| Mean AaDO2 § |
283 ± 129 |
52 ± 38 |
<0.001 |
| Mean PaO2/FiO2* |
162 ± 50 |
382 ± 79 |
<0.001 |
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§ AaDO2 = Mean Alveolar-arterial oxygen gradient during the study * PaO2/FiO2 = PaO2/FiO2 ratio during the study period Data is presented as mean ± SD | |||
Cogo et al. Respiratory Research 2007 8:13 doi:10.1186/1465-9921-8-13 |
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