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Table 2 Characteristics of patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome

From: Dynamics of regional lung aeration determined by electrical impedance tomography in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome

Patient

Gender

Age, yr

BMI, kg/m2

PEEP1, cm H2O

PaO2/F1O2, mmHg

Diagnosis

1

F

69

25

7

200

pneumonia

2

M

54

19

15

138

pneumonia, sepsis

3

M

77

26

10

143

abdominal sepsis

4

F

57

24

10

233

polytrauma, massive transfusion

5

M

70

30

10

92

abdominal sepsis, pneumonia, MOF

6

M

66

24

15

128

pneumonia, sepsis

7

M

58

27

14

136

abdominal sepsis, cirrhosis of the liver

8

M

51

25

12

187

aspiration pneumonia, myocardial infarction

9

M

45

28

16

256

polytrauma

10

M

56

30

13

89

polytrauma, lung contusion

11

F

56

27

10

180

intracerebral bleeding, pneumonia

12

F

19

24

7

116

polytrauma, massive transfusion

13

F

54

26

8

210

pneumonia

14

M

63

26

10

204

abdominal sepsis, MOF

15

M

57

22

10

256

abdominal sepsis, MOF

16

F

50

28

10

144

abdominal sepsis, MOF

17

M

88

28

12

155

pneumonia

18

M

56

25

10

92

acute necrotic pancreatitis

19

M

55

25

10

200

polytrauma

20

M

52

35

10

119

aspiration pneumonia

  1. BMI, body mass index; F, female; F1O2, fraction of inspired O2; M, male; MOF, multiple organ failure; PaO2 arterial pressure of O2; PEEP, positive end-expiratory pressure.1 PEEP during baseline condition.