Table 2.
Ventilation variables at inclusion (T0) and at the third (T3) and seventh (T7) day of ICU stay in ARDS and non-ARDS patients.
| Ventilation settings | ARDS, n = 14 |
Non-ARDS, n = 10 |
p-Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median | IQR | Median | IQR | ||
| Tidal volume, l/min | |||||
| T0 | 8.6 | 7.1–9.2 | 10.1 | 8.8–11.3 | 0.01 |
| T3 | 7.8 | 6.7–8.9 | 9.6 | 8.9–10.1 | NS |
| T7 | 7.1 | 6.6–7.7 | 8.7 | 8.3–9.0 | 0.002 |
| Plateau pressure, cmH2O | |||||
| T0 | 29 | 22–35 | 24 | 21–27 | NS |
| T3 | 30 | 23–36 | 26 | 22–30 | 0.002 |
| T7 | 27 | 21–34 | 25 | 20–31 | 0.012 |
| PaO2/FiO2 | |||||
| T0 | 158.5 | 42–282 | 183.2 | 74–348 | NS |
| T3 | 193.5 | 94–362 | 234 | 58–358 | NS |
| T7 | 179.5 | 57–292 | 284 | 80–356 | 0.03 |
| PEEP, cmH2O | |||||
| T0 | 7 | 5–11 | 5 | 3–7 | NS |
| T3 | 7 | 5–13 | 5 | 4–7 | NS |
| T7 | 7 | 5–13 | 5 | 2–6 | 0.006 |
Data are presented as median and interquartile range (IQR).
ARDS, acute respiratory distress syndrome; cmH2O, centimeter of water; FiO2, fraction of inspired oxygen; kg, kilograms; ml, milliliters; n, number of patients; PaO2, partial pressure of oxygen in blood; PEEP, positive end-expiratory pressure; NS, not significant.