Table 1. Demographics and Physiological Information .

Number	Age	Gender	Weight	BMI	FEV1			Respiratory Pathogens	Total Days Vent	VE	Calculated Vd/Vt	Critical ABG
	(years)		(kg)	(kg/m2)	(L)		(% predicted)			(L/min)		pCO2		pH		pO2		HCO3
1	18	F	38.8	13.8	1.83				0.53	BC, PA	4	14.4	0.92		179		6.87		55		32
2	24	F	45.2	16.2	0.69		0.24	PA, MRSA	46	NA	NA	224		6.94		106		47
2										NA	NA	178		6.95		104		38
2										6.2	0.83	206		7.07		50		57
2										9	0.86	170		7.09		86		51
3	24	F	39.2	16	0.46		0.14	PA, MRSA	28	9.9	0.9	209		6.87		72		37
4	27	F	37.9	15.2	1.15		0.39	BC	39	3.7	0.73	218		6.95		84		47
5	28	F	47	18.2	1.16		0.4	BC, MRSA	12	10.3	0.88	172		7.08		80		50
6	33	F	42.4	16.8	0.82		0.31	PA, MRSA	12	4.6	0.81	241		6.86		150		42
6										4.5	0.81	248		6.86		114		43
6										4	0.77	234		6.83		96		38
7	35	M	53.4	15.9	0.6		0.13	BC	5	10.2	0.9	230		6.75		134		30
7										7.2	0.86	211		6.77		121		30
7										8.5	0.78	203		6.82		151		32

BMI: body mass index; FEV1: forced expiratory volume in one second; BC: Burkholderia cepacia complex; PA: Pseudomonas aeruginosa; MRSA: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; VE: minute ventilation; Vd/Vt: ratio of dead space ventilation to tidal volume; NA: not available.