Table 1.
Patients' characteristics.
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | 28 (7) |
| Body surface area (m2) | 1.87 (0.27) |
| Age (years) | 60 (14) |
| Sex (female) | 8 (50%) |
| Main diagnosis at ICU admission: | |
| Pneumonia | 5 (31%) |
| Multiple trauma | 3 (19%) |
| Brain injury | 2 (12%) |
| Extrapulmonary sepsis | 6 (38%) |
| Pulmonary ARDS | 10 (63%) |
| Patients with vasoactive agents during the study | 12 (75%) |
| Hemoglobin (g/dL) | 9.9 (1.9) |
| PaO2/FIO2 (mmHg) | 192 (61) |
| Positive end-respiratory pressure (cmH2O) | 14 (3) |
| FIO2 | 0.64 (0.14) |
| Hospital survival | 10 (63%) |
Data are shown as mean (standard deviation) or count (%).
ARDS: acute respiratory distress syndrome.