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Annals of Intensive Care

Table 1 Respiratory variables at baseline

From: Right over left ventricular end-diastolic area relevance to predict hemodynamic intolerance of high-frequency oscillatory ventilation in patients with severe ARDS

Ventilator settings

 VT (mL kg−1 PBW)

5.8 ± 0.6

 Respiratory rate (cycles min−1)

29 ± 3

 PEEP (cm H2O)

11 ± 3

 FiO2 (%)

97 ± 9

Respiratory-system mechanics

 Plateau airway pressure (cm H2O)

29 ± 2

 mPaw (cm H2O)

19 ± 3

 Respiratory system compliance (mL cm H2O−1)

22 ± 9

Results of ABG measurements

 pH

7.24 ± 0.14

 P/F ratio

89 ± 23

 PaO2 (mmHg)

86 ± 22

 PaCO2 (mmHg)

53 ± 15

 Bicarbonate (mmol L−1)

24 ± 5

 Base excess (mmol L−1)

−6 ± 6

TDTP respiratory parameters

 ELWI (mL kg−1 PBW)

19 ± 7

 PVPI

5.1 ± 1.7

  1. Results are given as mean ± SD
  2. ABG arterial blood gas, TPTD transpulmonary thermodilution, VT tidal-volume, PBW predicted body weight, PEEP positive end-expiratory pressure, FiO 2 fraction of inspired oxygen, mPaw mean airway pressure, P/F ratio of arterial oxygen concentration to the fraction of inspired oxygen, PaCO 2 partial pressure of arterial carbon dioxide, PaO 2 partial pressure of arterial oxygen, ELWI extravascular lung water index, PVPI pulmonary vascular permeability index
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