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. 2020 Jul 11;24:417. doi: 10.1186/s13054-020-03116-w

Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of the study population

Variables Population (n = 40)
Age (year) 71 ± 12
Height (cm) 167 ± 7
BMI (kg/m2) 25 ± 4.3
Intensive care unit stay (days) 3.8 ± 5.9
Medical/elective surgery (n) 11–29
PaO2/FiO2 (mmHg) 244 ± 135
PaCO2 (mmHg) 42.5 ± 4.8
Respiratory rate (bpm) 14.3 ± 1.8
Tidal volume (mL) 413 ± 70
Tidal volume/kg PBW (mL/kg) 7.6 ± 2.3
Minute ventilation (L/min) 5.9 ± 1.3
Clinical PEEP (cmH2O) 5.2 ± 0.9
Driving pressure (cmH2O) 7.1 ± 1.6
Respiratory system elastance (cmH2O/mL) 17.7 ± 4.3