Table 1.

Patients’ clinical characteristics

Patient	Age	Gender	BMI	Risk factor for ARDS	SOFA at enrollment	SAPSII at ICU admission	Clinical PEEP	PaO2/FiO2 at clinical PEEP	ICU outcome
1	61	Female	26.3	Sepsis	5	32	12	190	Survivor
2	32	Male	24.2	Aspiration	11	70	8	187	Nonsurvivor
3	52	Female	23.9	Aspiration	6	50	8	235	Survivor
4	64	Female	36.7	Aspiration	10	77	12	246	Survivor
5	72	Female	21.2	Septic shock	11	81	10	170	Survivor
6	64	Male	27.7	Bacterial pneumonia	9	54	14	244	Survivor
7	73	Male	29.3	Septic shock	9	57	8	190	Nonsurvivor
8	80	Male	26.1	Septic shock	10	54	14	117	Survivor
9	59	Male	20.8	Septic shock	13	73	10	207	Nonsurvivor
10	81	Male	28.1	Septic shock	11	69	14	225	Nonsurvivor
Mean ± SD	64 ± 14	5 males/5 females	26.4 ± 4.6		10 ± 2	62 ± 15	11 ± 3	201 ± 40	6 survivors/4 nonsurvivors