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. 2003 Feb 15;29(3):437–446. doi: 10.1007/s00134-003-1650-1

Table 4.

Physiological and ventilation variables at baseline and after 2, 4, 12, 24, and 48 h (changes from baseline): median (25th/75th percentiles) or mean ±SD (RR ventilatory/respiratory rate, OI oxygenation index, CVP central venous pressure)

Surfactant Controls
Baseline 2 h 4 h 12 h 24 h 48 h Baseline 2 h 4 h 12 h 24 h 48 h
Oxygen. index PaO2/FIO2 71.3 +54 (16/90) +57 (19/92) +39 (19/72) +24 (3/106) +38 0/122) 64.3 +9 (0/25)* +20 (1/50) +20 (0/47) +42 (0/98) +22 (0/78)
Hallman OI (cmH2O/mmHg) −10 (−17/−7) −11 (−16/−7) −12 (−15/−4) −7 (−19/−2) −9 (−18/−3) −2 (−7/1) −4 (−9/0) −4 (−12/0) −6 (−12/−2) −5 (12/−2)
PaO2 (mmHg) +14 (7/38) +10 (0/37) +9 (−5/22) +5 (−1/9) +5 (−4/25) +4 (−2/11)* +3 (−2/25) +6 (−4/19) +6 (−2/33) +6 (−2/19)
paCO2 (mmHg) −4 (−9/5) −4 (−7/9) +2 (−7/14) +7 (−1/14) +2 (−8/13) −3 (−12/4) −4 (−12/8) −5 (−12/6) −4 (−12/2) −1 (−10/5)
RR (1/min) 0.0 (−5/0) −1.5 (−4.5/0) −3 (−4/0) −3 (−12/0) −2.8 (−9/0.5 0 (0/0) 0 (0/0) 0 (0/3) 0 (−2/3) 0 (−1/4)
PIP (cmH2O) −1 (−3/1) −2 (−4/0) −2 (−4/−1) −3 (−6/0) −5 (−7/−1) 0 (−1/0) 0 (−2/0) −1 (−2/1) −1 (−3/0) −1 (−3/0)
PEEP (cmH2O) 0.0 (−0.9/0) 0.0 (−0.9/0) 0.0 (−1/0) 0.0 (−1.6/0) −0.5 (−2/0) 0.0 (0/0) 0.0 (0/0) 0.0 (−2/1) 0.0 (−1/1) 0.0 (−1/1)
Mean airway pressure (cmH2O) −1 (−1.7/0) −1 (−2.7/0.1) −1 (−3.2/0.5) −1.5 (−5/−0.9 −1 (−6/1.3) 0.4 (0/1.5)* 0.4 (−2/2) 0.4 (−2/2) 0.0 (−2/2)* 0.0 (−2/1.5)
Ventilatory index (RR×PIP×pCO2/1000) −7 (−12/−1) −5 (−11/1) −3 (−12/5) −5 (−15/5) −5 (−16/5) −9 (−18/−1) −10 (−22/1) −10 (−25/5) −10 (−24/3) −6 (−19/6)
BP systolic (mmHg) 109±19 109±13 108±31 109±19 104±24 105±16 97±13 100±21 102±24 112±14 112±26 110±18
BP diastolic (mmHg) 56±18 61±13 55±12 60±13 58±16 57±12 51±9 52±11 51±12 60±11 58±12 56±11
CVP (mmHg) 11±5 11±5 11±5 10±5 10±4 9±5 13±6 11±5 12±5 11±6 11±5 12±7
Heart rate (1/min) 143±29 134±32 136±31 133±27 134±22 117±34 138±28 139±26 133±24 139±24 130±22 130±22
Hemoglobin (g/dl) 11.9±2.3 12.4±2.4 12.0±2.0 12.2±1.6 13.1±2.1 13.5±1.8 11.1±1.8 11.0±1.7 11.3±1.6 12.5±1.9 12.2±2.1 11.7±1.8