Table 1.

Characteristics of patients enrolled in the study

Patient	Gender	Age	Diagnosis	Static Cl	Qs/Qt (%)	PEEP	FIO2	DOV (h)
1	F	33	Multiple trauma, multiple long bone fractures - indirect ARDS	34	28	10	0.50	18
2	M	26	Liver laceration, ruptured spleen - indirect ARDS	26	31	12	0.55	10
3	M	62	Ruptured bladder, sepsis - indirect ARDS	38	21	10	0.60	15
4	M	44	Pancreatitis, sepsis	31	37	15	0.50	20
5	M	59	Aspiration pneumonia - direct ARDS	37	24	10	0.60	9
6	F	67	Intra-abdominal sepsis, perforated bowel - indirect ARDS	25	33	15	0.65	13
7	M	41	Gun shot wound to abdomen - indirect ARDS	29	21	18	0.60	10
8	M	19	Multiple trauma - indirect ARDS	28	19	10	0.45	9
9	F	72	Perforated gastric ulcer, sepsis - indirect ARDS	35	24	12	0.50	18
10	M	66	Perforated colon, sepsis - indirect ARDS	33	35	15	0.60	16
11	F	57	Aspiration pneumonia - direct ARDS	33	21	10	0.60	14
12	M	63	Aspiration pneumonia - direct ARDS	38	23	10	0.55	6
13	F	30	Multiple stab wounds - indirect ARDS	29	27	14	0.5	15
14	M	70	Liver resection - indirect ARDS	25	30	16	0.5	5
15	M	38	Mesenteric artery occlusion, ischemic bowel - indirect ARDS	24	29	18	0.6	19
16	M	48	Pancreatitis - indirect ARDS	29	23	15	0.70	12
17	F	28	Crushed pelvis - indirect ARDS	27	20	12	0.50	20
18	M	60	Perforated gastric ulcer, aspiration pneumonia - direct ARDS	38	22	10	0.60	13
19	F	55	Esophagectomy, pneumonia - indirect ARDS	36	29	10	0.70	17
N = 19	12 M,	49 ± 17		31.3 ±	26.1 ±	12.7 ±	0.57 ±	13.6 ±
	7 F			4.8	5.3	2.9	0.07	4.5

DOV, duration of ventilation; Qs/Qt, venous admixture; FIO₂, fractional inspired oxygen concentration.