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Table 1 Baseline demographics, mode of ventilation and ventilator settings

From: Transcutaneous electromyographic respiratory muscle recordings to quantify patient–ventilator interaction in mechanically ventilated children

Variable

 

N

23

Gender (male, n)

17

Pulmonary diagnosis (n)

17

Surgical diagnosis (n)

5

PIM II

− 2.9 [− 3.3; − 2.5]

PRISM II

11.0 [9.0; 15.0]

Age (months)

3.6 [1.4; 9.8]

Duration MV (days)

4.7 [2.9; 7.0]

Cuffed ETT (n)

14

Air leakage uncuffed ETT (%)

2.0 [0.0; 8.0]

End tidal pCO2 (kPa)

6.1 [5.7; 6.5]

COMFORT scale

14 [11; 15]

Expiratory VT/kg (ml)

7.2 [6.1; 8.3]

Patient triggered breaths (%)

96 [61; 99]

PC/AC (N)

21

PC/SIMV + PSV (N)

2

PAP (cm H2O)

13 [12; 14]

PEEP (cm H2O)

6 [5; 6]

Set frequency (/min)

25 [20; 30]

FiO2

0.35 [0.25; 0.40]

Inspiratory time (s)

0.55 [0.50; 0.65]

PSV (cm H2O)

13 [13]

  1. PIM II, Pediatric Index of Mortality score II; PRISM II, Pediatric Risk of Mortality score II; MV, mechanical ventilation; ETT, endotracheal tube; End tidal pCO2, end tidal pCO2 before starting measurement; COMFORT scale, measurement tool to assess distress, sedation and pain in nonverbal paediatric patients; Expiratory VT/kg, expiratory tidal volume per kilogram body weight; PC/AC, pressure control/assist control; PC/SIMV + SIMV, pressure control/synchronized intermittent mandatory ventilation plus pressure support ventilation; PIP, pressure above PEEP; PEEP, positive end-expiratory pressure; FiO2, fraction of inspired oxygen; PSV, pressure support ventilation
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