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. 2011 Dec 23;10:111. doi: 10.1186/1475-925X-10-111

Table 2.

Patient-specific dynamic lung elastance (Edrs) at each PEEP level.

Patient Dynamic Lung Elastance, Edrs (cmH2O/l) Median [IQR] Edrs (cmH2O/l)
Median [IQR]
APE*
(%)
Median [IQR]

PEEP (cmH2O)

0 5 10 15 20 25 30
1 63.1
[46.9-114.9]
53.8
[43.0-80.2]
43.6
[38.4-54.5]
35.0
[33.3-39.4]
33.4
[32.0-34.2]
31.1
[32.0-32.4]
PEEP 27
32.2
[31.9-32.6]
35.0
[32.5-51.2]
1.1
[0.5-4.1]
2 30.8
[26.3-45.1]
26.4
[23.7-31.4]
23.1
[22.0-24.3]
22.1
[22.0-22.6]
22.5
[22.4-22.6]
PEEP 22
23.1
[22.9-23.2]
23.1
[22.5-26.4]
0.7
[0.6-2.4]
3 26.9
[22.6-36.9]
22.1
[20.2-25.6]
18.3
[18.0-19.0]
17.3
[17.2-17.4]
17.5
[17.1-17.5]
17.8
[17.4-18.7]
PEEP 28
19.2
[17.9-19.7]
18.3
[17.6-21.4]
0.6
[0.5-1.3]
4 73.2
[50.4-144.4]
70.4
[49.9-126.9]
54.5
[41.7-82.3]
36.8
[30.6-43.9]
28.5
[25.6-31.4]
25.9
[21.6-28.4]
23.1
[19.4-25.5]
36.8
[26.6-66.4]
3.4
[0.9-5.4]
5 105.7
[80.6-199.8]
97.8
[77.5-166.8]
89.3
[74.3-143.4]
79.4
[68.6-107.3]
67.3
[61.4-79.4]
52.3
[52.0-55.8]
84.4
[67.3-97.8]
3.2
[0.9-6.0]
6 30.4
[25.9-39.1]
26.2
[25.5-27.2]
23.3
[22.4-23.5]
21.6
[21.5-21.8]
21.8
[21.3-22.5]
23.3
[22.6-23.9]
23.3
[21.8-26.2]
0.8
[0.6-1.2]
7 49.3
[46.1-62.4]
42.2
[41.5-43.1]
44.3
[41.8-47.7]
53.6
[48.8-59.7]
PEEP 16
52.4
[50.3-57.6]
49.3
[43.8-52.7]
1.6
[1.3-2.0]
8 45.7
[37.9-67.8]
37.2
[32.9-43.0]
31.8
[29.9-33.5]
28.8
[28.0-29.8]
27.4
[27.1-27.9]
26.8
[26.3-27.0]
27.0
[26.8-27.5]
28.8
[27.1-35.9]
0.8
[0.5-2.2]
9 58.1
[47.1-100.8]
40.5
[36.4-52.8]
39.9
[35.8-48.7]
31.2
[30.2-33.6]
28.3
[27.9-29.0]
26.3
[26.3-26.5]
26.2
[25.8-26.5]
31.2
[26.8-40.4]
0.8
[0.4-2.1]
10 54.4
[48.1-76.2]
45.2
[41.9-51.8]
39.4
[38.4-41.7]
35.9
[35.7-36.0]
33.9
[33.7-34.1]
33.9
[33.4-34.6]
PEEP 27
33.9
[33.2-34.8]
35.9
[33.9-43.8]
0.4
[0.4-0.9]

Median
[IQR]
51.9
[30.8-63.1]
41.4
[26.4-53.8]
39.7
[23.3-44.3]
33.1
[22.1-36.8]
28.4*
[22.5-33.9]
26.3*
[23.1-32.2]
26.6*
[23.1-32.2]
32.2
[26.1-46.6]
0.9
[0.5-2.4]

*APE - Absolute Percentage Fitting Error (%)

*Values presented include value from different PEEP.