Table 3.

Data of the pilot study in 19 patients, their diagnoses, age, body weight and PaO₂/FIO₂ ratio at baseline, 4 and 48 h (RSV respiratory syncytial virus)

Patient no.	Diagnosis	Age (months)	Weight (kg)	PaO2/FIO2			Outcome
0 h	4 h	48 ha
1	Meningococcemia	24	15	84	111	444	Survived
2	Pneumonia	26	10.3	31	109	160	Survived
3	Pneumonia	18	8	48	148	242	Survived
4	RSV bronchiolitis	13	8	38	115	151	Survived
5	Pertussis pneumonia	14	7.2	116	99	145	Died
6	Near drowning	38	12	43	174	240	Survived
7	Liver failure	9	4	65	96	108	Died
8	Sepsis	2	3	61	242	50	Died
9	Sepsis	7	8	32	57	−	Died
10	Pneumonia	38	9	64	53	−	Died
11	Burns	54	17	61	84	65	Died
12	RSV bronchiolitis	2	2.5	59	94	137	Died
13	Pneumonia	54	15	64	100	113	Died
14	Pneumonia	3	2.5	64	96	92	Survived
15	Near drowning	69	23	63	176	290	Survived
16	Aspiration	10	8	47	66	109	Survived
17	Aspiration	12	10	46	87	105	Survived
18	Pneumonia	3	3.2	60	128	122	Survived
19	Aspiration	6	6	63	88	160	Survived
	Mean±SD	21±20	9±5	58±19	112±46	161±97	p<0.01

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