Table 1.

Pulmonary artery occlusion pressures (PAOP, mmHg), daily urine output (UO, ml/24 h), the calculated daily dialysis balance (DialBal, ml/24 h) and total fluid balance (TotBal, ml/24 h) in cases 1 and 2 on consecutive days POS during the period of ICU treatment (days 7–21 POS and 5–15 POS for cases 1 and 2, respectively)

Case 1					Case 2
POS	PAOP	UO	DialBal	TotBal	POS	PAOP	UO	DialBal	TotBal
7	23				5	13
8	18	74	−1120	+877	6	14	108		+4503
9	16	86	−220	+2634	7	17	102	−620	+1918
10	14	124	−260	+1745	8	16	80	−1130	+1482
11	14	65	−1380	−227	9	16	147	−3840	−974
12	14	88	−900	+104	10	17	370	−5360	−3785
13	10	124	−1510	+42	11	17	1552	−1290	−1951
14	11	235	−1700	−568	12	16	3775		−2061
15	12	630	−2920	−2063	13		3835		−1539
16	12	1322	−610	−1136	14		3120		−288
17	15	2290		−1197
18	12	3280		−2719
19		5590		−4911
20		4720		−3813

Values in bold type indicate the day when corticosteroid treatment was started (days 10 and 9 POS for cases 1 and 2, respectively)