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Mortality stratified by time-weighted average oxygenation index (OI) on the first day of mechanical ventilation after meeting criteria for acute lung injury (n = 156 children). Note the stepwise increase in mortality as oxygenation index increases. Unpublished data from a single institution (Children's Hospital Los Angeles).
